Where does “reprise” come from?
reprise (Spanish) comes from French reprise, from French repris, from French reprendre, from Old French reprendre, from Latin reprendere, from Latin reprehendere, from Latin reprehendo, from Latin prehendo — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “reprise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | reprise | A time, instance; A second-half kick-off; A... |
| 2 | French | repris | past participle of reprendre; masculine plural of... |
| 3 | French | reprendre | to take back, recover, regain; to take again,... |
| 4 | Old French | reprendre | to retake |
| 5 | Latin | reprendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | reprehendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | reprehendo | I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize,... |
| 8 | Latin | prehendo | I lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take,... |
| 9 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |