Where does “reprisaille” come from?
reprisaille (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old Italian ripresaglia, from Italian ripreso, from Italian riprendere, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae- — passed , crossed.
reprisaille (Anglo-Norman): repossession; retaking; act of taking something...
Definitions
- repossession; retaking; act of taking something...
Ancestry of “reprisaille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Italian | ripresaglia | — |
| 2 | Italian | ripreso | past participle of riprendere |
| 3 | Italian | riprendere | to take or grab again; to catch up to; to take... |
| 4 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 7 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 8 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |