Where does “tentage” come from?
tentage (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.
tentage (English): accommodation in the form of a tent
Definitions
- accommodation in the form of a tent
Ancestry of “tentage”, step by step
tentage 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 age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |