intendo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I stretch out, stretch, strain.
- I turn my attention to, focus (on).
- I aim, turn, direct.
- I intend to
- (Medieval Latin) I understand
- (Medieval Latin) to hear.
- (Medieval Latin) to think, believe.
- (Medieval Latin) to go to, travel.
- (Medieval Latin) I obey
Etymology
Affix from Latin tendō (stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out).
Origin
Latin
tendō
Gloss
stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tendon English
- *tenda Latin
- *tenta Latin
- attendo Latin
- contendo Latin
- distendo Latin
- extendo Latin
- ostendo Latin
- pertendo Latin
- portendo Latin
- praetendo Latin
- protendo Latin
- retendo Latin
- tendō Latin
- tensio Latin
- tenda Italian
- détente French
- tendon French
- τένων Ancient Greek
- tenze Czech
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tindu Aromanian
- tinde Friulian