prehend / prehens / pris
to seize, grasp
Latin · prehendere / prehensus
Latin prehendere 'to seize, grasp', past form prehensus; French gave -prise and -pris-. Words are about grasping: comprehend grasps fully, apprehend seizes, a prison holds those seized, surprise is a sudden grabbing.
Memory trick
PREHEND = GRAB: comprehend grabs an idea, apprehend grabs a criminal.
Words from this root
- apprehend (ap + prehend) — to seize; to understandपकड़ना, समझना
- misapprehend (mis + apprehend) — to understand wronglyग़लत समझना
- apprise (ap + prise) — to inform someoneसूचित करना
- comprehend (com + prehend) — to grasp fully, understandपूरी तरह समझना
- comprehension (com + prehens + ion) — the act of understandingसमझ, बोध
- comprehensible (com + prehens + ible) — able to be understoodसमझ में आने योग्य
- incomprehensible (in + comprehensible) — impossible to understandसमझ से परे
- enterprise (enter + prise) — a bold project; a businessउद्यम, साहसिक काम
- prison (pris + on) — place where criminals are heldजेल
- prisoner (prison + er) — one held in prisonक़ैदी
- imprison (im + prison) — to put in prisonजेल में डालना
- imprisonment (imprison + ment) — the state of being in prisonक़ैद
- surprise (sur + prise) — sudden, unexpected eventआश्चर्य, अचानक घटना
- prehensile (prehens + ile) — able to grasp, as a tailपकड़ने में सक्षम