Where does “tent-maker” come from?
tent-maker (English) comes from English tent, from Middle English tent, from Middle English attent, from Old French atente, from Latin attenta, from Latin attendere, from Latin attendo, from Latin ad- — in.
tent-maker (English): Someone who makes tents
Definitions
- Someone who makes tents
Ancestry of “tent-maker”, step by step
tent-maker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tent | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tent | attention |
| 3 | Middle English | attent | attention |
| 4 | Old French | atente | attention, intention |
| 5 | Latin | attenta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | attendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | attendo | I pay attention, attend; I direct or turn toward |
| 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 |
via English maker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maker | Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes... |
| 2 | Middle English | maker | God as creator of all; Someone who makes; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | maken | To make or create; to have something made |
| 4 | Old English | macian | to make |
| 5 | Emilian | mâcia | spot, stain |
| 6 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |