Etymology

arist

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Today it means: A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon. Full definition →

Middle English arist ← Old English ǣrist ← Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi
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  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*rīsaną“to rise”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*uz-“up, out”
  3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*uzrīsaną“to rise up”
  4. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*uzristiz“a rising up”
  5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*uʀristi
  6. Old English · inherited fromǣrist“getting up, rising, resurrection”
  7. Middle English · inherited fromarist
  8. English todayarist

From Middle English arist, aristh, ærist, from Old English ǣrist (“getting up, rising, resurrection”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi, from Proto-Germanic *uzristiz (“a rising up”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“up, out”) + Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), equivalent to arise + -t. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (urrists, “a rising up”). More at arise.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishǣrist all →

sunrist

Proto-Germanic*uzrīsaną all →

arise

Proto-Germanic*uz- all →

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Proto-Germanic*rīsaną all →

riseraise

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.