Where does “render” come from?

Render comes from Old French -er, from Latin -are (a verb suffix), from Latin -arius (an agent suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn or bend.

render (English): To cause to become; To interpret, give an...

Definitions

  1. To cause to become; To interpret, give an...

Ancestry of “render”, step by step

render traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English renderen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrenderen—
2Old Frenchrendreto give back; to return
3Latinrendō—
4Latinreddōto give back, return, restore
5Latindōto give
6Proto-Italicdidōgive
7Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
8Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via English rend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrendTo separate into parts with force or sudden...
2Middle Englishrendento tear, rip
3Old Englishrendanto rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down
4Frankishrandijanto run, race, speed
5Proto-Germanichrindanąto push, thrust
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-to be strong

Words derived from “render”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti →Every word from Proto-Italic didō →