Where does “subtendent” come from?
subtendent (English) comes from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
subtendent (English): The side that subtends (is opposite) a specified angle
Definitions
- The side that subtends (is opposite) a specified angle
Ancestry of “subtendent”, step by step
subtendent traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 2 | Middle English | tenden | To ignite; to light or set on fire |
| 3 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 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 |
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via English ent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ent | A fictional, large, humanoid, mobile talking tree... |
| 2 | English | empty | Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody;... |
| 3 | Middle English | emty | empty, vacant; weak, ineffective; worthless,... |
| 4 | Old English | ēmtiġ | — |
| 5 | Old English | ǣmettiġ | vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |