Where does “fraintendere” come from?

fraintendere (Italian) comes from Italian intendere, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

fraintendere (Italian): to misunderstand; to misapprehend

Definitions

  1. to misunderstand; to misapprehend

Ancestry of “fraintendere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintendereto mean; to understand, grasp, see; to believe
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 →