arrive English · revision 5613

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1205|origins=la rīpa}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈraɪv/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|ariven]], [[bor|xno|ariver]], [[der|fro|ariver|t=to come to land]] (modern French arriver),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-vul|*arrīpāre|t=to touch the shore]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Latin ad rīpam “to the shore”, from [[m|la|ad|t=to]] and [[m|la|rīpa|t=shore, bank]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[river]] and [[riparian]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To bring a ship or passengers to shore: 1205 in the OED.^(OED 1989) To come to land, to reach the end of a sea voyage, is from before 1200 in Barnhart, in Layamon's Brut, and about 1200 in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The original idea was coming ashore after a long voyage, and only gradually did the general sense “to reach a destination” develop.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) Of journeys other than by sea it is from the late 14th century, about 1384 in the OED,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) as is the sense “to come to a decision or state of mind”.^(Etymonline) To achieve success, as in ''she has arrived'', is a later informal sense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) ''Arrival'' is from about 1380, in Chaucer's House of Fame; its second r was added to restore what was thought to be the Latin form.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1205 – to bring to shore.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1200 – to come to land.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1380 – ''arrival''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1384 – to reach a destination.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To reach a place at the end of a [[journey]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(arrive at)'' To reach a decision or result.^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a time or event, to come or happen.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(informal)'' Of a baby, to be born.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(informal)'' To become successful.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arriver]]

+ * [[unarrived]]

+ * [[unarriving]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arrival]]

+ * [[river]]

+ * [[riparian]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}