Where does “apprenticeship” come from?
Apprenticeship comes from Middle English -schipe and Old English -scipe, suffixes derived from Proto-Germanic -skapiz and skapjaną, ultimately from Latin apprehendere meaning to seize or grasp, with the suffix denoting a state or condition of learning a craft.
apprenticeship (English): The condition of, or the time served by, an...
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- The condition of, or the time served by, an...
Ancestry of “apprenticeship”, 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 |