Etymograph

English

tendment

From tend + -ment.

Formed from tend + -ment

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch’

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Latin tendō ‘to stretch’

Old French tendre ‘to stretch’

Middle French tendre

Middle English tenden ‘to proceed or move’

English tend

Today it means

noun attendance; care

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

Etymograph / tendment