Where does “apprendere” come from?
apprendere (Italian) comes from Latin apprendere, from Latin apprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
apprendere (Italian): To learn or find out; To become aware of or be...
Definitions
- To learn or find out; To become aware of or be...
Ancestry of “apprendere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | apprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | apprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |