Where does “entendre” come from?

entendre (Occitan) comes from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

entendre (Occitan): to hear; to understand

Definitions

  1. to hear; to understand

Ancestry of “entendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →
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