英语词汇attendant的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	attendant
词源	attendant n. "one who waits upon another," early 15c., from the adjective or from French noun use of present participle of atendre (see attend). attendant adj. late 14c., "solicitous, attentive," from Old French atendant, present participle of atendre "expect, wait for, pay attention" (see attend (v.)). The sense of "serving under, accompanying in a dependent position" is from c. 1400; that of "closely consequent" is from 1610s. Entries linking to attendant attend v. c. 1300, "be subject to" (obsolete); early 14c., "direct one's mind or energies" (archaic), from Old French atendre "to expect, wait for, pay attention" (12c., Modern French attendre) and directly from Latin attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch" (from PIE root *ten- "to stretch"). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. The sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from mid-14c.; that of "endeavor to do" is from c. 1400. The meaning "to pay attention" is from early 15c.; that of "accompany and render service to" (someone) is from mid-15c., as is that of "be in attendance." The meaning "to accompany or follow as a consequent" is from 1610s. Related: Attended; attending. updated on September 28, 2022
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