intentive

The story

1. Latin · derived fromintendō“to intend, to attend”
2. Late Latin · derived fromintentīvus“intensive”
3. Old French · derived fromententif
4. Middle English · inherited fromententif
5. English todayintentive

From Middle English ententif, borrowed from Old French ententif, from Late Latin intentīvus (“intensive”), from Latin intendō (“to intend, to attend”).