Where does “intendente” come from?

intendente (Spanish) 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 (Spanish): comparable to a superintendent

Definitions

  1. comparable to a superintendent

Ancestry of “intendente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintendantintendant, administrator; quartermaster
2Latinintendensstretching, straining
3Latinintendōto stretch out; to strain
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intendente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →