Reconstruction:Latin/imprehendere

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ prehendere.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɪmˈprɛndere/

Verb edit

*imprehendere (Proto-Romance)

undertake

Derived terms edit

*imprehensa
- Italian: impresa
- Old French: emprise
- Old Occitan: empreza

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: împrinde
Dalmatian:
- imprendro, imprandro
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: imprendere
- Sicilian: mprènniri
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: emprendre
- Old French: emprendre
  - Middle French: emprendre
- Old Gascon: emprener
- Occitan: emprendre (rare)
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: emprender
  - Portuguese: emprender (obsolete), emprehender, empreender (Latin-influenced)
- Spanish: emprender

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*imprĕhĕndere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 602