Etymograph

English

arbitration

Arbitration comes from Latin arbitror ‘to judge, arbitrate’, and goes back to arbiter.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbiter‘arbitrator, arbiter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitror‘to judge, arbitrate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitratio
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400arbitration
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arbitracion
  6. Englishtodayarbitration

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbiter‘arbitrator, arbiter’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitror‘to judge, arbitrate’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbitratio
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400arbitration
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arbitracion
  6. Englishtodayarbitration

Every English word from Latin arbiter

Today it means

noun The act or process of arbitrating.

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