Where does “tende” come from?
tende (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese entender, from Old Portuguese entender, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
tende (Papiamentu): to hear
Definitions
- to hear
Ancestry of “tende”, step by step
tende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese entender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | entender | to understand, to grasp, to comprehend; To have a... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | entender | — |
| 3 | Latin | intendō | to stretch out; to strain |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish entender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | entender | to understand, to fathom; to hear; to be queer;... |
| 2 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 4 | Latin | tendo | I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I... |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |