English
arrival
Arrival comes from Middle English arivaile, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver ‘to arrive’.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600arriver‘to arrive’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600arrivaille
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arivaile
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592arrival
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600arriver‘to arrive’
- Middle French, derivedc. 1400–1600arrivaille
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500arivaile
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1590–1592arrival
Earliest quotation: c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew: “And wander we to see thy honest son, Who…”
Equivalent to arrive + -al
Latin rīpa ‘shore, river-bank’
Early Medieval Latin adrīpō ‘to land, come ashore’
Old French ariver ‘to arrive’
Middle English arriven
English arrive
Every English word from Middle French arriver
Today it means
noun The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French arriver / arrival