Etymology

pernancy

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Today it means: A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman pernance ← Old French prenance ← Latin prendere
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  1. Latin · derived fromprendere
  2. Old French · derived fromprenance
  3. Anglo-Norman · borrowed frompernance
  4. English todaypernancy

From Anglo-Norman pernance, from Old French prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre (“to take”), from Latin prendere, prehendere.

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.