Where does “arere” come from?
arere (Middle English) comes from Old French ariere, from Vulgar Latin ad retro, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “arere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | ariere | Alternative form of arire |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ad retro | to the rear |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “arere”