Where does “prendre” come from?
prendre (Middle French) comes from Old French prendre, 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.
prendre (Middle French): to take
Ancestry of “prendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | prendre | 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 |
Words derived from “prendre”