Where does “rendre” come from?

rendre (Middle French) comes from Old French rendre, from Latin rendō, from Latin reddō, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō, from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European deh₃- — to give.

Ancestry of “rendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchrendreto give back; to return
2Latinrendō
3Latinreddōto give back, return, restore
4Latinto give
5Proto-Italicdidōgive
6Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

Words derived from “rendre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō
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