Where does “intendant” come from?
Intendant comes from French intendant, meaning a superintendent or administrator responsible for a specific function or district.
intendant (English): Administrator of an opera house or theater; One...
Definitions
- Administrator of an opera house or theater; One...
Ancestry of “intendant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | intendant | intendant, administrator; quartermaster |
| 2 | Latin | intendens | stretching, straining |
| 3 | Latin | intendō | to stretch out; to strain |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “intendant”