Where does “malentendre” come from?

malentendre (Catalan) comes from Catalan entendre, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

malentendre (Catalan): to misunderstand

Definitions

  1. to misunderstand

Ancestry of “malentendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanentendreto understand
2Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →