Where does “malentendant” come from?
malentendant (French) comes from French entendant, from French entendre, from Middle French entendre, from Old French entendre, from Latin intendere, from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in — in.
malentendant (French): hard of hearing; somewhat deaf; person who is...
Definitions
- hard of hearing; somewhat deaf; person who is...
Ancestry of “malentendant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | entendant | person who is capable of hearing; present... |
| 2 | French | entendre | to hear; to be able to hear; to listen to |
| 3 | Middle French | entendre | to hear; to understand |
| 4 | Old French | entendre | to hear; to understand |
| 5 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 7 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 8 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |