arrive

The story

1. Latin · derived fromrīpa“shore, river-bank”
2. Early Medieval Latin · derived fromadrīpāre“to land, come ashore”
3. Old French · derived fromariver
4. Middle English · inherited fromarriven
5. English todayarrive

From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome. For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).

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