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Where does “arester” come from?

arester (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.

arester (Old French): to stop

Definitions

  1. to stop

Ancestry of “arester”, 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 “arester”

  • arrest
  • arresting
  • arrestee
  • arrestin
  • arrester
  • rearrest
  • arrestment
  • arrestingly
  • arrestation
  • arrestable
  • arrestor
  • postarrest
  • prearrest
  • arrestive
  • nonarrest
  • unarrestable
  • dearrest
  • arresteth
  • unarrest
  • arrestability
  • arrestingness
  • arrestest
  • self-arrest
  • antiarrestin
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