Etymology

render

ren·der
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Today it means: To cause to become. Full definition →

Middle English renderen ← Old French rendre ← Late Latin rendere
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render · verb, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromreddere“make, give back”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromrendere
  3. Old French · derived fromrendre“render, give back”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromrenderen
  5. English todayrender

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

render · noun2

From rend + -er.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinrendere all →

rent

Latinreddere all →

rent

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