English

foreintend

From fore- + intend.

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

Proto-Indo-European *téndeti

…

Latin tendō

Latin intendo ‘to stretch out’

Old French entendre

Middle English intenden

Today it means

verb To intend; to mean to.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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