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Where does “underattendance” come from?

underattendance (English) comes from English attendance, from Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

underattendance (English): Attendance too infrequently, or by too few

Definitions

  1. Attendance too infrequently, or by too few

Ancestry of “underattendance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishattendanceThe state of attending; presence or waiting upon;...
2Middle Englishattendance—
3Old Frenchatendance—
4Old Frenchatendreto wait
5Latinattendō—
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-—
8Latinîn—
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →