Where does “entender” come from?

entender (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

entender (Galician): to understand; to know; to think, believe

Definitions

  1. to understand; to know; to think, believe

Ancestry of “entender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseentender—
2Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →