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Where does “misattend” come from?

misattend (English) comes from English attend, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

misattend (English): To misunderstand; to disregard or fail to pay...

Definitions

  1. To misunderstand; to disregard or fail to pay...

Ancestry of “misattend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattendTo listen to ; to pay attention to; regard; heed;...
2Middle Englishattendento attend
3Old Frenchatendreto wait
4Latinattendō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →