English
prebend
Prebend comes from Latin praebendus ‘which is to be proffered’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraebendus‘which is to be proffered’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600prebende
- Englishearliest quotation 1885prebend
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraebendus‘which is to be proffered’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600prebende
- Englishearliest quotation 1885prebend
Earliest quotation: 1885, Aldred (d.1069): “He is said to have added prebends to Southwell;…”
Every English word from Latin praebendus
Today it means
noun A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praebendus / prebend