English
arride
Arride comes from Latin arrīdēre, from rideō ‘to laugh’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-1‘to turn, to rotate, spin’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErideō2as rīdēre‘to laugh’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrīdēre2
- Englishearliest quotation 1600arride2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin rideo, which cites Matasović
- 2 Wiktionary, English arride
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “A pretty air; in general, I like it well:…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-Wiktionary, Latin rideo, which cites Matasović‘to turn, to rotate, spin’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErideōWiktionary, English arrideas rīdēre‘to laugh’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarrīdēreWiktionary, English arride
- Englishearliest quotation 1600arrideWiktionary, English arride. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1600, Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]: “A pretty air; in general, I like it well:…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
university, word, worth, version, weird, conversation, universe, divorce, diversity, versus, diverse, verse, vertical, advertisement, versatile, convertible, vortex, advert, divert, adversity, revert, pervert, diversification, vertex, vertigo, avert, vert, verso, perversity, wurst, 71 more
through Latin rideō ‘to laugh’
Today it means
verb To please; to gratify.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “arride”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin rideo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / arride