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Where does “ententif” come from?

ententif (Middle French) comes from Late Latin intentivus, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ententif (Middle French): attentive; concentrated; intentive

Definitions

  1. attentive; concentrated; intentive

Ancestry of “ententif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinintentivusintensive
2Latinintendō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →