English
rent
Rent comes from Old French rente ‘income’, from Medieval Latin rendita, from Latin reddō ‘to give back’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to 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‘to give back’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErendere
- Early Medieval Latinmodernrendita
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rente‘income’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rent‘rent: income’
- Englishearliest quotation 1733–1737same form
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‘to give back’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CErendere
- Early Medieval Latinmodernrendita
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400rente‘income’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rent‘rent: income’
- Englishearliest quotation 1733–1737same form
Earliest quotation: 1733–1737, Alexander Pope: “So bought an annual rent or two, / And…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
date, add, addition, delicious, donate, donation, donor, dow, vendor, additive, condone, dowry, rendition, dowager, addendum, perdition, dower, endow, dati, sconce, 38 more
through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’
dose, anecdote, antidote, dacha, 18 more
through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’
through Latin dō ‘give’
data, die, tradition, treason, vent, 16 more
through Late Latin rendere
Today it means
noun A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / rent