Where does “reprendre” come from?
reprendre (Catalan) comes from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
reprendre (Catalan): to retake; to take back; to tell off
Definitions
- to retake; to take back; to tell off
Ancestry of “reprendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 4 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |