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render
Render comes from Old French rendre ‘render, give back’, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’, and ultimately from *deh₃- ‘give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti‘to be giving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō‘to give’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘give’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreddōas reddere‘make, give back’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErendere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rendre‘render, give back’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500renderen
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596render
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘give’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti‘to be giving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō‘to give’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō‘give’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreddōas reddere‘make, give back’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErendere
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rendre‘render, give back’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500renderen
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596render
Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame: “I'll make her render up her page to me.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donation, donor, dow, additive, vendor, dowry, condone, rendition, dowager, addendum, perdition, dower, dati, sconce, endow, 40 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’
dose, antidote, anecdote, dacha, 20 more
through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’
through Latin dō ‘give’
data, die, tradition, treason, vent, 18 more
through Late Latin rendere
Today it means
verb To cause to become.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / render