Where does “rendre” come from?
Rendre comes from Old French -er, Latin -are, Latin -arius, and Proto-Indo-European wert-, with the sense development tracing through Latin's infinitive and agent noun formations.
rendre (English): Archaic form of render
Definitions
- Archaic form of render
Ancestry of “rendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | render | To cause to become; To interpret, give an... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |