Where does “attendere” come from?

attendere (Latin) comes from Latin attendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attendere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

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third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “attendere”, step by step

attendere traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin attendo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	attendo	I pay attention, attend; I direct or turn toward
2	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Latin ad

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	ad	toward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
2	Proto-Italic	ad	toward, to, on, up to, for
3	Proto-Indo-European	h₂éd	to, at

via Latin tendere

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	tendere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
2	Proto-Indo-European	tend-	to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3	Proto-Indo-European	temh₂-	to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “attendere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →