Where does “rendre” come from?

rendre (French) comes from Middle French rendre, from Old French rendre, from Latin rendō, from Latin reddō, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

rendre (French): to render; to make; to give back; to return

Definitions

  1. to render; to make; to give back; to return

Ancestry of “rendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrendre—
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

Words derived from “rendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- →