Where does “entente” come from?
Entente comes from French entente, derived from French entendre meaning "to understand," from Middle French entendre, from Latin intendere meaning "to direct toward" or "to stretch."
entente (English): An informal alliance or friendly understanding...
Definitions
- An informal alliance or friendly understanding...
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 |