Where does “emprendre” come from?
emprendre (Old French) comes from Latin imprehendere, 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.
emprendre (Old French): to undertake
Ancestry of “emprendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | imprehendere | present active infinitive of *imprehendō |
| 2 | Latin | prehendō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |