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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →