Italian word riprendere comes from Latin prehendere, Latin re-

Detailed word origin of riprendere

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.
riprendere	Italian (ita)	(intransitive) to resume, start again, begin again, go back. (intransitive, of a plant) to revive. (transitive) to resume, go back to, go on, continue, add. (transitive) to retake, regain. (transitive) to scold, reprimand, berate. (transitive) to take again, resume. (transitive) to take back, get back, collect, pick up. (transitive, of a movie, picture, etc.) to take, shoot, film, portray, set.

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