Etymology

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to attention. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English attention ← Middle English attencioun
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  8. Proto-Italic*tendō
  9. Latintendō
  10. Latinattendō
  11. Latinattentiō
  12. Middle Englishattencioun
  13. Englishattention
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todayattentional

From attention + -al.

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