Where does “reprendre” come from?
reprendre (French) comes from Old French reprendre, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- — passed , crossed.
reprendre (French): to take back, recover, regain; to take again,...
Definitions
- to take back, recover, regain; to take again,...
Ancestry of “reprendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | reprendre | to retake |
| 2 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 5 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 6 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |