The story
- Latin · derived fromarbiter“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”
- Old French · derived fromarbitre
- Middle English · inherited fromarbiter
- English todayarbiter
From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.