Etymology

ontake

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Today it means: To take on; undertake; assume. Full definition →

Middle English ontaken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromontaken
  2. English todayontake

From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.