Etymology

arbitration

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Today it means: The act or process of arbitrating. Full definition →

Middle English arbitracion ← Old French arbitration ← Latin arbitratio
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  1. Latinarbiter
  2. Latinarbitror
  3. Latinarbitratio
  4. Old Frencharbitration
  5. Middle Englisharbitracion
  6. English todayarbitration

From Middle English arbitracion, borrowed from Old French arbitration, from Latin arbitratio, from arbitrari (“to arbitrate, judge”); see arbitrate.

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