*ghend- "seize, take" ✊
Eng get
Old Norse geta "to obtain,
reach; to be able to; to beget; to learn; to be pleased with”
Proto-Germanic *getan
Latin comprehendere ”to take
together, seize; to perceive; to take in the mind”
= com + prehendere
Latin prehendere "to grasp,
seize, get hold of," = prae + hendere
Old French surprise "a taking unawares" (13c.),
sorprendre "to overtake, seize, invade" (12c.) = sur- + prendre
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