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Where does “reprann” come from?

reprann (Haitian Creole) 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.

reprann (Haitian Creole): regain, take back

Definitions

  1. regain, take back

Ancestry of “reprann”, 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
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