Where does “bartender” come from?
bartender (American English) comes from English tender, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
bartender (American English): One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing...
Definitions
- One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing...
Ancestry of “bartender”, step by step
bartender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tender | Sensitive or painful to the touch; Easily bruised... |
| 2 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 3 | Middle English | tenden | To ignite; to light or set on fire |
| 4 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 5 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 6 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English bar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or... |
| 2 | French | barre | bar, cake, ingot; Clipping of barre oblique: the... |
| 3 | Middle French | barre | bar |
| 4 | Old French | barre | bar |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | barra | barrier |
| 6 | Frankish | bara | bar, beam, barrier, fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | barō | beam, bar, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |