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
- past participle of reprendre; masculine plural of...
Ancestry of “repris”, step by step
repris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French reprendre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | reprendre | to take back, recover, regain; to take again,... |
| 2 | Old French | reprendre | to retake |
| 3 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 6 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 7 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |