Where does “intendere” come from?

intendere (Latin) comes from Latin intendo, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

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

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third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “intendere”, step by step

intendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin intendo

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	intendo	I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,...
2	Latin	in-	un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
3	Latin	in	in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
4	Old Latin	en	in
5	Proto-Italic	en	in
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

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 “intendere”

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