Apprehension
late Middle English (in the sense ‘learning, acquisition of knowledge’): from late Latin apprehensio(n- ), from apprehendere ‘seize, grasp’ (see apprehend).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.
etymonline
apprehension (n.)
late 14c., "perception, comprehension," from Old French apreension "comprehension, something learned" or directly from Latin apprehensionem (nominative apprehensio), noun of action from past-participle stem of apprehendere "take hold of, grasp" physically or mentally, from ad "to" (see ad-) + prehendere "to seize" (from prae- "before;" see pre- + -hendere, from PIE root *ghend- "to seize, take"). Sense of "seizure on behalf of authority" is 1570s; that of "anticipation" (usually with dread), "fear of the future" is from c. 1600.
