Where does “entender” come from?

entender (Portuguese) comes 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.

entender (Portuguese): to understand, to grasp, to comprehend; To have a...

Definitions

to understand, to grasp, to comprehend; To have a...

Ancestry of “entender”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	entender	—
2	Latin	intendō	to stretch out; to strain
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “entender”

tender
tende
desentender
entendimento
entendedor
entendível
subentender
desentendimento

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →