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Where does “areste” come from?

areste (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin arresto, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

areste (Old French): fishbone; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. fishbone; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “areste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinarrestoI cause to stop
2Latinrestō—
3Latinrĕ-—
4Latinprōdūcō—
5Latinprō-—
6Proto-Italic*pro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “areste”

  • arris
  • arête
  • arriswise
  • arête
  • arêtier
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →