English
arride
Arride comes from Latin arrīdēre, and goes back to rideō ‘to laugh’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErideōas rīdēre‘to laugh’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrīdēre
- Englishearliest quotation 1600arride
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErideōas rīdēre‘to laugh’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrīdēre
- Englishearliest quotation 1600arride
Earliest quotation: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “A pretty air; in general, I like it well:…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
university, word, worth, version, weird, conversation, universe, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, convertible, vortex, advert, divert, adversity, revert, pervert, diversification, vertex, vertigo, avert, vert, verso, perversity, wurst, 72 more
through Latin rideō ‘to laugh’
Today it means
verb To please; to gratify.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin rideō / arride