Where does “intentar” come from?

intentar (Spanish) comes from Latin intento, from Latin intendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

intentar (Spanish): to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put...

Definitions

to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or put...

Ancestry of “intentar”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	intento	I extend towards; I point; dative/ablative...
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 “intentar”

reintentar

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