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Where does “nonattending” come from?

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

nonattending (English): Not in attendance; absent

Definitions

  1. Not in attendance; absent

Ancestry of “nonattending”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattendingThat attend or attends; that is or are in...
2EnglishattendTo listen to ; to pay attention to; regard; heed;...
3Middle Englishattendento attend
4Old Frenchatendreto wait
5Latinattendō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →