LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

arrestāre

*arrestāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto stop

Origins

From ad- + restō (“remain in place”). Apparently at first reflexive. Eventually attested by 1194, at this point a borrowing from Romance.

Elsewhere
  • Italianarrestare
  • Romanianarestafrom Italian arrestare
  • Frencharrêterfrom Old French arester
  • Englisharrestfrom Old French arester
  • Catalanarrestarfrom Old Occitan arrestar
  • Occitanarrestarfrom Old Occitan arrestar
  • Spanisharrestar
  • Asturianarrestar
  • Friulianarestâ
  • Danisharresterefrom Old French arester
Old Portuguese
  • Portuguesearrestar
  • Galicianarrestar

Quick answers

What does arrestāre mean in Latin?
arrestāre, a verb, means “to stop”.