Where does “apprenticehood” come from?
apprenticehood (English) comes from English apprentice, from Middle English apprentice, from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre, from Latin apprendere, from Latin apprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō — passed , crossed.
apprenticehood (English): apprenticeship
Definitions
- apprenticeship
Ancestry of “apprenticehood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apprentice | A trainee, especially in a skilled trade; One who... |
| 2 | Middle English | apprentice | — |
| 3 | Old French | aprentis | apprentice |
| 4 | Old French | aprendre | to learn; to teach; to educate |
| 5 | Latin | apprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | apprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 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 |