Where does “attently” come from?
attently (English) comes from English attent, from Latin attentus, from Latin attineo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
attently (English): attentively
Definitions
- attentively
Ancestry of “attently”, step by step
attently traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English attent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attent | Attentive, heedful; intent; Attention |
| 2 | Latin | attentus | detained, delayed; preserved, guarded; attentive,... |
| 3 | Latin | attineo | I bring or hold to or near; I hold fast, keep,... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |