Etymograph

English

ren

Ren comes from Latin rēn ‘kidney’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēn‘kidney’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1759ren

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErēn‘kidney’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1759ren

Earliest quotation: 1759, Malcolm Flemyng, Lecture XIX. On the kidneys and urinary bladder. Gravel; cal: “Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *hrēn

adrenal, 3 more

through Latin rēn ‘kidney’

rein, renal, 5 more

Another origin of ren

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CErn
  2. Englishtodayren

Today it means

noun A kidney.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin rēn / ren

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