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Where does “intendancy” come from?

intendancy (English) comes from English intendant, from French intendant, from Latin intendens, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

intendancy (English): The office or employment of an intendant; A...

Definitions

  1. The office or employment of an intendant; A...

Ancestry of “intendancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintendantAdministrator of an opera house or theater; One...
2Frenchintendantintendant, administrator; quartermaster
3Latinintendensstretching, straining
4Latinintendō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →