The story
- Latin · derived fromattingō“to touch; to come into contact with”
- Latin · borrowed fromattingēns“touching”
- English todayattingence
From atting(ent) + -ence, ultimately from Latin attingēns (“touching”, passive participle), from Latin attingō (“to touch; to come into contact with”, verb).
Words from the same roots
Latinattingēns all →
attingent
Latinattingō all →
attaintureattingeattingent
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.