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Where does “arrivista” come from?

arrivista (Italian) comes from French arriviste, from French arriver, from Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Latin adripo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

arrivista (Italian): social climber; careerist

Definitions

  1. social climber; careerist

Ancestry of “arrivista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencharrivistearriviste
2Frencharriverto arrive; to happen; to be able to, to manage
3Middle Frencharriverto arrive
4Old Frenchariverto arrive
5Latinadripo—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “arrivista”

  • arriviste
  • arrivistico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →