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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

  1. The surrender; The handing over of a person or...

Ancestry of “rendition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrendition—
2Frenchredditionreddition
3Latinredditioreturning; repetition, recurrence
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “rendition”

  • nonrendition
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