LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

imprehendere

*imprehendere

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionundertake

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinimprehendere

Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *gʰnédti Proto-Italic *hendō Proto-Italic *praiɣendō Latin prehendere Latin *imprehendere From in- + prehendere.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseemprenderfrom Old Galician-Portuguese emprender
  • Portugueseemprehenderfrom Old Galician-Portuguese emprender
  • Portugueseempreenderfrom Old Galician-Portuguese emprender
  • Spanishemprender
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanemprendre
  • Occitanemprendre
  • Gasconemprenerfrom Occitan emprendre
  • Old Frenchemprendre
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianîmprinde
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianimprendere
  • Dalmatianimprendro
  • Dalmatianimprandro
  • Sicilianmprènniri

Quick answers

What does imprehendere mean in Latin?
imprehendere, a verb, means “undertake”.
Where does imprehendere come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én → Proto-Italic *en → Proto-Italic *en- → Latin imprehendere.