English
rendition
Rendition comes from French rendition, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrendition
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named · steps between not traced
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrendition
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
Earliest quotation: 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America: “Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves…”
The story
Many senses influenced by render.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
data, date, add, die, addition, dose, delicious, rent, donate, tradition, donor, surrender, dow, vent, treason, donation, vendor, render, anecdote, dowry, antidote, rendezvous, additive, dowager, condone, addendum, dower, dative, dacha, endow, dati, sconce, perdition, 39 more
Today it means
noun An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / rendition