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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

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

Ancestry of “entender”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseentender—
2Latinintendō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “entender”

  • desentender
  • tende
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →