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Where does “teend” come from?

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

teend (English): To kindle; to burn

Definitions

  1. To kindle; to burn

Ancestry of “teend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtenden—
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 →