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Where does “repris” come from?

repris (French) comes from French reprendre, from Old French reprendre, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.

repris (French): past participle of reprendre; masculine plural of...

Definitions

  1. past participle of reprendre; masculine plural of...

Ancestry of “repris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchreprendreto take back, recover, regain; to take again,...
2Old Frenchreprendreto retake
3Latinreprenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4Latinreprehenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatinreprehendoI hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,...
6LatinprehendoI lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,...
7Latinprae-before; in front; in charge
8Proto-Italicprai-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “repris”

  • reprise
  • repriser
  • reprise
  • reprisar
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