comprender

/kompɾenˈdeɾ/ · A2 · verb

to understand, to comprehend

com + prender: to take together, to grasp fully — twin of comprehend

From Latin comprehendere: com (together) + prehendere (to seize). To understand is to seize the whole idea at once; to comprise is to hold parts together. English comprehend and comprise share the same root.

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