Etymograph

English

reddition

Reddition comes from Latin redditio ‘returning (giving back)’, from dō ‘give’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃ti1‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didō1‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdō2‘give’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreddō3as reddere‘to give back, to return’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEredditio3‘returning (giving back)’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1640reddition3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin do
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin reddo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English reddition
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell]: “perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, Latin do‘give’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dédeh₃tiWiktionary, Latin do‘to be giving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*didōWiktionary, Latin do‘to give’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdōWiktionary, Latin reddo‘give’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreddōWiktionary, English redditionas reddere‘to give back, to return’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEredditioWiktionary, English reddition‘returning (giving back)’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1640redditionWiktionary, English reddition. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell]: “perfect obedience[…]partly by voluntary reddition and desire of protection,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’

date, add, delicious, addition, donate, vendor, donor, dow, donation, dowry, condone, dowager, addendum, additive, rendition, endow, dower, dati, sconce, perdition, 37 more

through Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti ‘to be giving’

dose, anecdote, antidote, dacha, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *didō ‘to give’

dative, venta, 14 more

through Latin dō ‘give’

data, die, vent, tradition, treason, 15 more

through Latin reddō ‘to give back, to return’

rent, surrender, render, rendezvous, 3 more

Today it means

noun restoration; restitution: surrender

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reddition”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin do, Latin reddo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / reddition

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