Where does “non-attendance” come from?
non-attendance (English) comes from English attendance, from Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
Ancestry of “non-attendance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | attendance | The state of attending; presence or waiting upon;... |
| 2 | Middle English | attendance | — |
| 3 | Old French | atendance | — |
| 4 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 5 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |