Where does “apprehending” come from?
Apprehending comes from Old French apprehender, from Latin apprehendere, meaning to seize or grasp, formed from ad- and prehendere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to grasp.
apprehending (English): present participle of apprehend; An act by which...
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- present participle of apprehend; An act by which...
Ancestry of “apprehending”, step by step
| 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 |