Where does “reprendre” come from?
reprendre (Old French) comes from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
reprendre (Old French): to retake
Ancestry of “reprendre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 4 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “reprendre”