The story
- Latin · derived fromprehendere
- Old French · derived fromporpresure“enclosure, occupied space”
- Anglo-Norman · derived frompurpresture
- Middle English · inherited frompurpresture
- English todaypurpresture
From 1150–1200, Middle English purpresture, from Anglo-Norman purpresture; alteration of Old French porpresure (“enclosure, occupied space”), from porprendre (“to seize, occupy, enclose”), from por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”); from Latin prehendere.
Words from the same roots
Latinprehendere all →
prehendprender
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.