render
/ˈɹendə/REN-dur
/ˈɹɛndɚ/REN-dur
Meaningto give back
Common meaning: to give back
Other meanings: to make
- redLatin red- (re- before a vowel): back
- derto give, putLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 604 · scan
‘back’ + ‘to give, put’ → render
Worn-down word: render comes from Latin reddere (red-, back + dare, give), which French nasalised and shortened to rendre. English rend is unrelated. Skeat scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin dō ‘to give, put’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dō, p. 604 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DATE, p. 153 · dictionary scan
Roots
- dō, datum Latin “to give, put”
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