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Stage 1 of 3
ad restare
Vulgar Latin · medieval
"to stop, to remain"
to stop, to remain behind, from ad- (to) and restare (to remain)
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Stage 2 of 3
arester
Old French · medieval
"to stop or detain someone"
carried into French legal vocabulary for stopping or detaining someone
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Stage 3 of 3
arrest
English · 1300s
"to detain someone by legal authority"
settled as the English word for detaining someone by legal authority
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