arrestare etymology

Italian word arrestare comes from Latin restare, Latin ad- (To.)

Detailed word origin of arrestare

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
restare Latin (lat)
ad- Latin (lat) To.
*arresto Latin (lat) (Vulgar Latin) I cause to stop.
arrestare Italian (ita) (transitive) to arrest, to apprehend, to collar, to nick. (transitive) to halt, to stop, to check, to staunch.

Words with the same origin as arrestare

Descendants of ad-
a accendere accento acceso accettare accusa affare aggiungere aggressione agio ammettere appartamento arresto arrivare aspetto assumere assunto attento attenzione attraente avventura avvocato disagio sparire