apprehendo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take hold of; apprehend, arrest.
- I grasp with the mind, understand, comprehend.
- I embrace, include.
- I take possession of, seize, secure, obtain.
- (Medieval Latin) I learn.
Etymology
Affix from Latin prehendō (seize, grasp, take, catch, lay hold of) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apprise English
- comprehension English
- emprise English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- reprehend English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehendō Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- reprehendo Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- superprehendo Latin
- жуть Russian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- reprise Old French
- entreprise Middle French
- repris Middle French
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- *gendis Proto-Celtic
- aiprarre Bourguignon