Where does “tender-mindedly” come from?
tender-mindedly (English) comes from English tender-minded, from English tenderminded, from English minded, from English mind, from Middle English minde, from Old English mynd, from Proto-Germanic gamundiz, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.
tender-mindedly (English): Alternative form of tendermindedly
Definitions
- Alternative form of tendermindedly
Ancestry of “tender-mindedly”, step by step
tender-mindedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tender-minded
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tender-minded | Alternative form of tenderminded |
| 2 | English | tenderminded | Nurturing, compassionate, and forgiving;... |
| 3 | English | minded | Having a mind for something or a certain way of... |
| 4 | English | mind | The ability for rational thought; The ability to... |
| 5 | Middle English | minde | — |
| 6 | Old English | mynd | mind |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gamundiz | remembrance, memory; commemoration, memorial |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |