prehensile
Meaninggrasping
Common meaning: able to grasp
- prehensto grasp, seizeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1440 · scan
- ileadjective ending: relating to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin prehendō ‘to grasp, seize’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry prehendō, p. 1440 · dictionary scan
Roots
- prehendō, prehēnsum Latin “to grasp, seize”
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