English
intendment
From intend + -ment.
A compound of intend + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
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Latin tendō
Latin intendo ‘to stretch out’
Old French entendre
Middle English intenden
English intend
Today it means
noun the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation
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Etymograph / intendment