surprendre
French
verb
Definitions
- to surprise
- to catch out
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French surprendre inherited from Old French sorprendre (overtake) prefix from French prendre (take).
Origin
French
prendre
Gloss
take
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- prender English
- prehendere Latin
- super- Latin
- sorprendere Italian
- déprendre French
- entreprendre French
- prendre French
- preneur French
- éprendre French
- sorprender Spanish, Castilian
- surpreender Portuguese
- prendre Old French
- sorprendre Old French
- sorprendre Catalan, Valencian
- surprinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- surprindere Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- surprinzător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- prendre Middle French
- surprendre Middle French
- surprise Middle French
- sorprender Asturian
- pran Haitian, Haitian Creole
- pran Mauritian Creole
- prend Louisiana Creole French
- prende Louisiana Creole French
- surprende Louisiana Creole French
- prender Interlingua
- sobreprendre Old Catalan