Where does “antireprisal” come from?
antireprisal (English) comes from English reprisal, from Anglo-Norman reprisaille, from Old Italian ripresaglia, from Italian ripreso, from Italian riprendere, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo — passed , crossed.
antireprisal (English): Opposing or preventing reprisals
Definitions
- Opposing or preventing reprisals
Ancestry of “antireprisal”, step by step
antireprisal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reprisal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reprisal | An act of retaliation; Something taken from an... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | reprisaille | repossession; retaking; act of taking something... |
| 3 | Old Italian | ripresaglia | — |
| 4 | Italian | ripreso | past participle of riprendere |
| 5 | Italian | riprendere | to take or grab again; to catch up to; to take... |
| 6 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 9 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 10 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |