Where does “untender” come from?

untender (English) comes from English tender, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

untender (English): Not soft; harsh; Lacking sympathy, heartless, not...

Definitions

  1. Not soft; harsh; Lacking sympathy, heartless, not...

Ancestry of “untender”, step by step

untender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtenderSensitive or painful to the touch; Easily bruised...
2EnglishtendTo make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be...
3Middle EnglishtendenTo ignite; to light or set on fire
4Middle Englishattendento attend
5Old Frenchatendreto wait
6Latinattendōto pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én