Where does “atente” come from?
atente (Old French) comes from Latin attenta, from Latin attendere, from Latin attendo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
atente (Old French): attention, intention
Definitions
- attention, intention
Ancestry of “atente”, step by step
atente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin attenta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | attenta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 2 | Latin | attendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | attendo | I pay attention, attend; I direct or turn toward |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin attendita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | attendita | — |