Etymology

arrestation

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Today it means: The act of stopping or slowing something (especially a process). Full definition →

French arrestation ← Latin arrestatio
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  1. Latin · derived fromarrestatio
  2. French · borrowed fromarrestation
  3. English todayarrestation

From French arrestation, from Latin arrestatio.

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