English
prise
Prise comes from Old French prise ‘seizure’, from prendre ‘to take’, and ultimately from Latin prendo.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprendoas prēndere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400prendre‘to take’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400prise‘seizure’past participle of prendre
- Englishearliest quotation 1595same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprendoas prēndere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400prendre‘to take’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400prise‘seizure’past participle of prendre
- Englishearliest quotation 1595same form
Earliest quotation: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., [Amoretti.] Sonnet LXIX: “In which I may record the memory Of my…”
Linked words
through Old French prise ‘seizure’
Today it means
verb To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin prendo / prise