Where does “prenda” come from?
prenda (Italian) comes from Italian prendere, from Latin prendere, from Latin prehendere, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prenda (Italian): first-person second-person third-person singular...
Definitions
- first-person second-person third-person singular...
Ancestry of “prenda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | prendere | to take, hold, pick up, get; to conquer; to take |
| 2 | Latin | prendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | prehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 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 |