arriver

to arrive (often followed by a location); to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive); to cope, to manage; to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully); to obtain a level of success or fame

“On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.” — We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.

Inherited from Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre. Synchronically a- + rive + -er.