From Middle English arriven, ariven, a borrowing from Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa. Displaced native oncome, tocome.
For the sense-derivation, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan > Middle English alenden, landen.
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