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Where does “arguen” come from?

arguen (Middle English) comes from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere, from Latin arguo — I show, prove, assert, declare, make clear; I...

Ancestry of “arguen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencharguer—
2Latinarguerethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
3LatinarguoI show, prove, assert, declare, make clear; I...

Words derived from “arguen”

  • argue
  • arguably
  • arguable
  • unarguable
  • unarguably
  • inarguably
  • inarguable
  • argueth
  • reargue
  • argufy
  • counterargue
  • arguability
  • outargue
  • argufier
  • arguee
  • downarg
  • arguesome
  • counterarguable
  • unarguability
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