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Where does “underattended” come from?

underattended (English) comes from English underattend, from English attend, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

underattended (English): Attended by too few people; Given too little...

Definitions

  1. Attended by too few people; Given too little...

Ancestry of “underattended”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishunderattend—
2EnglishattendTo listen to ; to pay attention to; regard; heed;...
3Middle Englishattendento attend
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 →