rent

Rent comes from Middle English rent or rente, borrowed from Old French rente, which traces back to Early Medieval Latin rendita, itself from Late Latin rendere, a descendant of Latin reddere.

The facts available don't detail how the meaning shifted from Latin through French into English, only the chain of borrowing itself.

The word's entry points to 'rend' as a related term, though the facts don't explain the exact connection between them.