Areste
/əˈrɛstə/noun
An obsolete Middle English form of “arrest,” meaning to stop, seize, or detain.
Did you know?“Areste” belongs to the same linguistic family as “stand,” “state,” and “station,” all ultimately connected to an ancient Indo-European root meaning “to stand.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steh₂-
“To stand or be standing”
Classical Latin
Latin
stāre
“To stand”
Classical Latin
Latin
restāre
“To remain, stand back, or resist”
Late Latin
Late Latin
*arrestāre
“To stop or hold back; a reconstructed form derived from ad- plus restāre”
Old French
Old French
arester
“To stop, stay, or arrest”
Middle English
Middle English
areste
“To arrest, seize, or detain”
Modern English
English
arrest
“To seize or detain; to stop or halt”