Etymology

prebend

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Today it means: A stipend paid to a canon of a cathedral. Full definition →

Middle French prebende ← Latin praebendus
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prebend · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompraebendus
  2. Middle French · derived fromprebende
  3. English todayprebend

From Middle French prebende, from Medieval Latin prebenda, from Late Latin praebenda, from Latin praebendus, verbal adjective of praebere. Doublet of provender.

prebend · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*bindaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*bandijaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*bandijan
  13. Old Englishbendan
  14. Middle Englishbenden
  15. Englishbend
  16. English todayprebend

From pre- + bend.

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