Where does “intendente” come from?
intendente (Portuguese) comes from French intendant, from Latin intendens, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
intendente (Portuguese): comparable to a superintendent
Definitions
- comparable to a superintendent
Ancestry of “intendente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | intendant | intendant, administrator; quartermaster |
| 2 | Latin | intendens | stretching, straining |
| 3 | Latin | intendō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |