Etymology

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Today it means: A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces Full definition →

Old French areste ← Latin arista
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromarista“beard (of grain), fishbone”
  2. Old French · derived fromareste
  3. English todayarris

From Old French areste, from Latin arista (“beard (of grain), fishbone”). Doublet of arista.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchareste all →

arrest

Latinarista all →

arêtearistiform

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.