Where does “tenderheartedly” come from?
tenderheartedly (English) comes from English tenderhearted, from English tender, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad- — in.
tenderheartedly (English): In a tenderhearted manner, with caring and...
Definitions
- In a tenderhearted manner, with caring and...
Ancestry of “tenderheartedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tenderhearted | Compassionate for another's distress; Easily... |
| 2 | English | tender | Sensitive or painful to the touch; Easily bruised... |
| 3 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 4 | Middle English | tenden | To ignite; to light or set on fire |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |