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William Hupy
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arbiter

Postby William Hupy » Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:29 pm

I see no association between this word and the German word arbeit. Any thoughts on this?
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Re: arbiter

Postby Slava » Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:55 pm

Simple coincidence of some letters, I'd say. Their meanings have nothing in common.
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Re: arbiter

Postby Philip Hudson » Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:06 am

German arbiters have to arbite to get their job done.
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