English Explanatory Dictionary

arist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.

Word forms

arist arists

Etymology

From Middle English arist, aristh, ærist, from Old English ǣrist (“getting up, rising, resurrection”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi, from Proto-Germanic *uzristiz (“a rising up”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“up, out”) + Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), equivalent to arise + -t. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (urrists, “a rising up”). More at arise.

Related words

sunrist
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