English
arrest
Arrest comes from Middle English arest, from Old French areste, from Vulgar Latin *arrestō ‘to stop’, from Latin restō, from stō ‘to stand’, from PIE *steh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestō‘to stop’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*arrestō‘to stop’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400areste
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arest
- Englishearliest quotation 1538arrest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErestō‘to stop’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*arrestō‘to stop’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400areste
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arest
- Englishearliest quotation 1538arrest
Earliest quotation: 1538, John Leland: “A white Starre[…]whiche to every mans sighte did lighte…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
state, system, post, stay, stand, assistant, assistance, stadium, constitution, consistent, stood, stable, assist, contest, stem, destination, static, testimony, insist, destiny, persistent, consist, prostitution, resist, stud, prostitute, persist, stool, substitution, stamina, stale, subsistence, steadfast, stead, solstice, astute, armistice, attest, stow, stasis, 140 more
through Proto-Italic *staējō
through Proto-Italic *staēō
establishment, stability, establish, stationary, instantaneous, distantly, instantiation, 15 more
through Latin stō ‘to stand’
stage, station, distance, instance, instant, substance, distant, extant, distal, oust, obstetric, prest, 24 more
through Latin restō ‘to stop, remain behind, stay back’
through Old French areste ‘fishbone’
Today it means
noun A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / arrest