Where does “rendition” come from?
Rendition comes from French rendition, from French reddition meaning "surrender," from Latin redditio, derived from Latin do "to give" via the -tio suffix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- "to turn."
rendition (English): The surrender; The handing over of a person or...
Definitions
- The surrender; The handing over of a person or...
Ancestry of “rendition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rendition | — |
| 2 | French | reddition | reimbursement |
| 3 | Latin | redditio | returning; repetition, recurrence |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |