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[English Etymology] *ghend- "to seize, take" ✊

*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," = praehendere


Old French surprise "a taking unawares" (13c.), 
                        sorprendre "to overtake, seize, invade" (12c.) = sur-  + prendre

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