LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

arrestō

*arrestō (present infinitive *arrestāre, perfect active *arrestāvī, supine *arrestātum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionto stop

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinarrestō

Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin stō Latin restō Latin *arresto From ad- + restō. 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

In English words that came into English from arrestō

  • arrest*arrestō

Quick answers

What does arrestō mean in Latin?
arrestō, a verb, means “to stop”.
What are the principal parts of arrestō?
arrestō, *arrestāre, *arrestāvī, *arrestātum (first conjugation).
Where does arrestō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin arrestō.