Where does “appréhender” come from?

appréhender (French) comes from Latin apprehendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

appréhender (French): to apprehend; to dread; to catch, apprehend

Definitions

  1. to apprehend; to dread; to catch, apprehend

Ancestry of “appréhender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinapprehendoI lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take...
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “appréhender”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →