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Where does “tann” come from?

tann (Haitian Creole) comes from French attendre, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

tann (Haitian Creole): wait

Definitions

  1. wait

Ancestry of “tann”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchattendreto wait for, to await; to expect; Alternative...
2Old Frenchatendreto wait
3Latinattendō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →