Where does “rente” come from?

rente (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Late Latin rendita, from Latin rendere, from Latin reddēre.

rente (Norwegian Nynorsk): interest; past of renna

Definitions

  1. interest; past of renna

Ancestry of “rente”, step by step

rente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Late Latin rendita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinrendita—
2Latinrenderepresent active infinitive of *rendō
3Latinreddēre—

via Old Norse renta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserenta—

Words derived from “rente”

Every word from Latin reddēre →Every word from Latin rendere →Every word from Late Latin rendita →