Etymology Explorer › Middle English

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchariereAlternative form of arire
2Vulgar Latinad retroto the rear
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “arere”

  • arrear
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