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attendere
Latin · ancient
"to stretch toward, to pay heed"
to stretch toward, to pay heed, from ad- (toward) and tendere (to stretch)
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atendre
Old French · medieval
"to wait for, to pay heed"
carried into French for waiting for or paying heed to something
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Stage 3 of 3
attend
English · 1300s
"to be present at, or to pay attention to something"
settled as the English word for being present at or paying attention to something
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