Etymology of the French word arrêter

Date

The earliest known usage of arrêter in French dates from the 11th century.

Derivations in French

arrêtoir, arrêt, saisir-arrêter

Derivations in other languages

Romanian areta

Cognates

Dutch arrest, English arrest, French arrêt, German Arrest, Italian arresto, Italian arrestare, Lithuanian areštuoti, Norwegian arrest, Polish aresztować, Provençal arrestar, Russian apecтoвывать, Spanish arresto, Swedish arrest