The story
- Latin · derived fromreprendere
- Old Italian · derived fromripresaglia
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromreprisaille
- English todayreprisal
From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.