Where does “flairtending” come from?
flairtending (English) comes from English bartending, from English tending, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad- — in.
flairtending (English): flair bartending
Definitions
- flair bartending
Ancestry of “flairtending”, step by step
flairtending traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bartending
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bartending | present participle of bartend |
| 2 | English | tending | Present participle and gerund of tend |
| 3 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 4 | Middle English | tenden | To ignite; to light or set on fire |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English flair
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flair | A natural or innate talent or aptitude;... |
| 2 | Middle English | flayre | A smell or scent; a nasal sensation; An... |
| 3 | Old French | flair | smell; odor; sense of smell |
| 4 | Old French | flairier | to smell |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrō | to burn, blaze |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |