Where does “entente” come from?
entente (Dutch) comes from French entente, from French entendre, from Middle French entendre, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in — in.
Ancestry of “entente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entente | accord; agreement; interpretation, meaning |
| 2 | French | entendre | to hear; to be able to hear; to listen to |
| 3 | Middle French | entendre | to hear; to understand |
| 4 | Old French | entendre | to hear; to understand |
| 5 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 7 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 8 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |