Where does “overattend” come from?
overattend (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.
overattend (English): To attend too much; to pay too much attention
Definitions
- To attend too much; to pay too much attention
Ancestry of “overattend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | attend | To listen to ; to pay attention to; regard; heed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 3 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 4 | Latin | attendō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |