Where does “inattendu” come from?
inattendu (French) comes from French attendu, from French attendre, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
inattendu (French): unexpected
Definitions
- unexpected
Ancestry of “inattendu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | attendu | awaited, anticipated; expected; past participle... |
| 2 | French | attendre | to wait for, to await; to expect; Alternative... |
| 3 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 4 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |