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Where does “arriver” come from?

arriver (Middle French) comes from Old French ariver, from Latin adripo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

arriver (Middle French): to arrive

Definitions

  1. to arrive

Ancestry of “arriver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchariverto arrive
2Latinadripo—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “arriver”

  • arriviste
  • arrivistic
  • arriviste
  • arrivista
  • arrivistico
  • arriviste
  • arrivisme
  • arriva
  • arriver
  • arrivage
  • arrivieren
  • arriviert
  • arrivista
  • αριβίστας
  • rive
  • ariva
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →