- renown (n.)
[renown 词源字典] - c. 1300, from Anglo-French renoun, Old French renon "renown, fame, reputation," from renomer "make famous," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + nomer "to name," from Latin nominare "to name" (see nominate). The Middle English verb reknouen "make known, acknowledge" has been assimilated to the noun via renowned. In old German university slang, a reknowner (German renommist) was "a boaster, a swaggerer."[renown etymology, renown origin, 英语词源]
- renowned (adj.)
- "celebrated, famous," late 14c., past participle adjective from renown.
- rent (n.1)
- "payment for use of property," mid-12c., a legal sense, originally "income, revenue" (late Old English), from Old French rente "payment due; profit, income," from Vulgar Latin *rendita, noun use of fem. past participle of rendere "to render" (see render (v.)).
- rent (v.)
- mid-15c., "to rent out property, grant possession and enjoyment of in exchange for a consideration paid," from Old French renter "pay dues to," or from rent (n.1). Related: Rented; renting. Earlier (mid-14c.) in the more general sense of "provide with revenue." Sense of "to take and hold in exchange for rent" is from 1520s. Intransitive sense of "be leased for rent" is from 1784. Prefix rent-a- first attested 1921, mainly of businesses that rented various makes of car (Rentacar is a trademark registered in U.S. 1924); extended to other "temporary" uses since 1961.
- rent (n.2)
- "torn place," 1530s, noun use of Middle English renten "to tear, rend" (early 14c.), variant of renden (see rend (v.)).
- rental (n.)
- mid-14c., "rent roll;" late 14c., "income from rents," from Anglo-French rental, Medieval Latin rentale; see rent (n.1) + -al (2). Meaning "amount charged for rent" is from 1630s; that of "a car or house let for rent" is from 1952, American English.
- renter (n.)
- late 14c., "one who lets or rents to others, proprietor," agent noun from rent (v.). Meaning "lessee, tenant, holder of property by payment of rent" is from 1650s.
- rentier (n.)
- 1847, from French rentier, "holder of rental properties or investments that pay income," from rente "profit, income" (see rent (n.1)).
- renumber (v.)
- early 15c., from re- + number. Related: Renumbered; renumbering.
- renumerate (v.)
- "count over," 1650s, from re- "again" + numerate. Related: Renumerated; renumerating.
- renunciation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of renouncing," from Latin renuntiationem (nominative renuntiatio), noun of action from past participle stem of renuntiare "renounce" (see renounce).
- reobtain (v.)
- also re-obtain, 1580s, from re- + obtain. Related: Reobtained; reobtaining.
- reoccupy (v.)
- also re-occupy, 1731, from re- "back, again" + occupy (v.). Related: Reoccupied; reoccupying.
- reoccur (v.)
- also re-occur, 1803; see re- + occur. Related: Reoccurred; reoccurring.
- reoccurrence (n.)
- also re-occurrence, 1804, from re- "again" + occurrence.
- reopen (v.)
- 1733 (transitive), from re- "again" + open (v.). Intransitive sense from 1830. Related: Reopened; reopening.
- reorder (v.)
- also re-order, c. 1600, "to set in order again," from re- + order (v.). From 1810 as "repeat an order." Related: Reordered; reordering.
- reorganization (n.)
- also re-organization, 1801, in translations from French, noun of action from reorganize.
- reorganize (v.)
- also re-organize, 1680s, from re- "again" + organize (v.). Related: Reorganized; reorganizing.
- reorient (v.)
- also re-orient, 1897 (transitive), 1937 (intransitive), from re- "back, again" + orient (v.). Related: Reoriented; reorienting. Alternative reorientate also is recorded from 1913.
