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prehensile [prehensile 词源字典]: prehensile: see prey
[prehensile etymology, prehensile origin, 英语词源]
reprehensible: reprehensible: see reprieve
apprehensible (adj.): late 15c., from Latin apprehensibilis "that can be seized," from apprehens-, past participle stem of apprehendere (see apprehend).
apprehension (n.): "perception, comprehension," late 14c., from Old French apprehension or directly from Latin apprehensionem (nominative apprehensio), noun of action from past participle stem of apprehendere (see apprehend). Sense of "seizure on behalf of authority" is 1570s; that of "anticipation" (usually with dread) is recorded from c. 1600.
apprehensive (adj.): late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fearful of what is to come" is recorded from 1718, via notion of "capable of grasping with the mind" (c. 1600). Related: Apprehensively; apprehensiveness.
Athens: city of ancient Attica, capital of modern Greece, from Greek Athenai (plural because the city had several distinct parts), traditionally derived from Athena, but probably assimilated from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language.
comprehensible (adj.): 1520s, "able to be contained," from Latin comprehensibilis, from comprehensus, past participle of comphrehendere (see comprehend). Meaning "able to be understood" is from c. 1600. Related: Comprehensibly; comprehensibility.
comprehension (n.): mid-15c., from Middle French comprehénsion (15c.), from Latin comprehensionem (nominative comprehensio) "a seizing, laying hold of, arrest," figuratively "perception, comprehension," noun of action from past participle stem of comprehendere (see comprehend). In reading education, from 1921.
comprehensive (adj.): "containing much," 1610s, from French comprehénsif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from comprehens-, past participle stem of Latin comprehendere (see comprehend). Related: Comprehensively (mid-15c.); comprehensiveness.
incomprehensibility (n.): 1640s, from French incompréhensibilité (16c.); see incomprehensible.
incomprehensible (adj.): mid-14c., from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + comprehensibilis (see comprehensible).
incomprehensibly (adv.): early 15c., from incomprehensible + -ly (2).
incomprehension (n.): c. 1600, from in- (1) "not" + comprehension.
incomprehensive (adj.): 1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + comprehensive.
irreprehensible (adj.): late 14c., from Late Latin irreprehensibilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reprehens-, past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
misapprehension (n.): 1620s; from mis- (1) + apprehension. Related: Misapprehensive.
prehensile (adj.): 1771, from French préhensile "adapted for grasping" (Buffon), from Latin prehensus, past participle of prehendere "to grasp, seize, get hold of," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take" (see get (v.)). Latin -hendere is related to hedera "ivy," via notion of "clinging."
prehension (n.): 1530s, "seizure, arrest," from Latin prehensionem (nominative prehensio), noun of action from past participle stem of prehendere (see prehensile). Use in philosophy is from 1925.
reprehensible (adj.): late 14c., from Old French reprehensible (14c.) or directly from Late Latin reprehensibilis, from reprehens-, past participle stem of Latin reprehendere (see reprehend). Related: Reprehensibly; reprehensibility.
reprehension (n.): late 14c., from Old French reprehension (12c.) or directly from Latin reprehensionem (nominative reprehensio) "blame, a censure, reprimand," literally "a taking again," noun of action from past participle stem of reprehendere (see reprehend).
reprehensive (adj.): 1580s, from Latin stem of reprehend + -ive, perhaps on model of comprehensive.
uncomprehensible (adj.): late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + comprehensible. The usual word is incomprehensible.