Etymograph

English

arbitragist

Arbitragist comes from French arbitragiste ‘arbitrager’, and goes back to Latin arbiter.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbiter‘arbitrator, arbiter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitroras arbitrārī‘to judge, arbitrate’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentarbitrer‘to arbitrate’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentarbitrage‘arbitration’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentarbitragiste‘arbitrager’
  6. Englishtodayarbitragist

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbiter‘arbitrator, arbiter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitroras arbitrārī‘to judge, arbitrate’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentarbitrer‘to arbitrate’
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentarbitrage‘arbitration’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentarbitragiste‘arbitrager’
  6. Englishtodayarbitragist

Equivalent to arbitrage + -ist

Latin arbiter ‘arbitrator, arbiter’

Latin arbitror ‘to judge, arbitrate’

French arbitrer ‘to arbitrate’

French arbitrage ‘arbitration’

English arbitrage

Linked words

through Latin arbitror ‘to judge, arbitrate’

arbitration, 2 more

Today it means

noun One who engages in arbitrage.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin arbiter / arbitragist