Where does “reprisaille” come from?
reprisaille (Old French) comes from Italian ripresaglia, from Italian ripreso, from Italian riprendere, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo, from Latin prae- — passed , crossed.
reprisaille (Old French): repossession; retaking; act of taking something...
Definitions
- repossession; retaking; act of taking something...
Ancestry of “reprisaille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ripresaglia | — |
| 2 | Italian | ripreso | past participle of riprendere |
| 3 | Italian | riprendere | to take or grab again; to catch up to; to take... |
| 4 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 7 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 8 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |