French word reprendre comes from Latin prehendere, Latin re-

Detailed word origin of reprendre

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
prehendere	Latin (lat)
re-	Latin (lat)	Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.
reprehendo	Latin (lat)	(legal) I convict, pass judgment on, prosecute, reprimand. (rhetoric) I refute. I blame, find fault with, censure, reprove, rebuke, reprehend, scold. I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch. I hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore.
reprendre	Old French (fro)	To retake (to take back; to take again).
reprendre	French (fra)	(intransitive) to start again. (intransitive, of business) to pick up, to show new sign of life. (reflexive) to correct oneself. (reflexive) to pull oneself together. (transitive) to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand. (transitive) to resume (work), get back to, carry on with. (transitive) to retake, recapture. (transitive) to take again, take more of, have another helping. (transitive) [...]

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