Where does “bartender” come from?
bartender (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English bartender, from English tender, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad- — in.
bartender (Norwegian Nynorsk): a bartender, barman, barmaid
Definitions
- a bartender, barman, barmaid
Ancestry of “bartender”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bartender | One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing... |
| 2 | English | tender | Sensitive or painful to the touch; Easily bruised... |
| 3 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 4 | Middle English | tenden | — |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |