Where does “arbitrate” come from?
arbitrate (Italian) comes from Italian arbitrato, from Italian arbitrare, from Latin arbitror, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
arbitrate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “arbitrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | arbitrato | past participle of arbitrare; arbitration |
| 2 | Italian | arbitrare | to referee or umpire; to arbitrate |
| 3 | Latin | arbitror | I judge; I witness, observe; I believe, think,... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |