Where does “apprehendable” come from?
apprehendable (English) comes from English apprehend, from Old French apprehender, from Latin apprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
apprehendable (English): That can be apprehended
Definitions
- That can be apprehended
Ancestry of “apprehendable”, step by step
apprehendable traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English apprehend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apprehend | To take or seize; to take hold of; To take hold... |
| 2 | Old French | apprehender | — |
| 3 | Latin | apprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 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 |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via French appréhender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appréhender | to apprehend; to dread; to catch, apprehend |
| 2 | Latin | apprehendo | I lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |