Where does “arbitrário” come from?
arbitrário (Portuguese) comes from Latin arbitrarius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
arbitrário (Portuguese): arbitrary
Definitions
- arbitrary
Ancestry of “arbitrário”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | arbitrarius | arbitrating; arbitrary |
| 2 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |