Where does “tenderheartedness” come from?
tenderheartedness (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.
tenderheartedness (English): The characteristic of being tenderhearted; A...
Definitions
- The characteristic of being tenderhearted; A...
Ancestry of “tenderheartedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |