prehensile adjective from Latin prehendere (grasp) to French préhensile to English prehensile, first used in 1785 able to grab (usually describing an animal’s tail) Around the year 1700, the word prehensile -- (1 point) Responses had not been spoken had not been spoken was only used in Latin was only used in Latin was commonly used in English was commonly used in English was used in French but not English
