English
intentional
Intentional comes from Latin intentiō ‘strain, tension’, from intendō ‘to stretch out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *téndeti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintendō‘to stretch out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintentiō‘strain, tension’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500intentiōnālis
- Englishearliest quotation 1892intentional
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintendō‘to stretch out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintentiō‘strain, tension’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500intentiōnālis
- Englishearliest quotation 1892intentional
Earliest quotation: 1892, Samuel Rolles Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew: “It should, however, be borne in mind that even…”
Equivalent to intention + -al
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
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Latin intentiō ‘strain, tension’
Old French entencion
Middle French entention
Middle English entencioun ‘Intent’
English intention
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
pretend, extend, attendance, tender, hypertension, contend, pretense, hypotension, portend, pretension, inattention, 29 more
through Latin tendō
attention, extensive, tend, extent, extension, tense, tension, tempt, contention, tensor, tensile, extensible, portent, détente, detent, 42 more
through Latin intendō ‘to stretch out’
Today it means
adj Intended or planned; done deliberately or voluntarily.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téndeti / intentional