Where does “attenta” come from?

attenta (French) comes from French attenter, from Latin attentare, from Latin attento, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

attenta (French): third-person singular past historic of attenter

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of attenter

Ancestry of “attenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchattenterto assault
2Latinattentarepresent active infinitive of attentō;...
3LatinattentoI strive after, attempt, try, assay, solicit; I...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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