Etymograph

English

rendition

Rendition comes from French rendition, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘to give’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentrendition1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2007rendition1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rendition
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America: “Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, English rendition‘to give’root named by Wiktionary · steps between not traced
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentrenditionWiktionary, English rendition
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2007renditionWiktionary, English rendition. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Thomas G. Mitchell, Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America: “Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves…”

The story

Many senses influenced by render.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

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

data, date, add, die, addition, dose, delicious, rent, donate, tradition, donor, surrender, dow, vent, treason, donation, vendor, render, anecdote, dowry, antidote, rendezvous, additive, dowager, condone, addendum, dower, dative, dacha, endow, dati, sconce, perdition, 39 more

Today it means

noun An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rendition”. 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.

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