Etymology

teend

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Today it means: To kindle; to burn. Full definition →

Middle English tenden ← Old English tendan
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtendan“to kindle”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtenden
  3. English todayteend

From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”). See tinder.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishtenden all →

tendtind

Old Englishtendan all →

tendtind

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.