Where does “tentmaking” come from?
tentmaking (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.
tentmaking (English): The manufacture of tents
Ancestry of “tentmaking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |