apprentice

The story

1. Latin · derived fromapprehendō
2. Late Latin · derived fromapprendō
3. Old French · derived fromaprendre
4. Old French · derived fromaprentis
5. Middle English · inherited fromapprentice
6. English todayapprentice

From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)).

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