英语词汇attentive的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	attentive
词源	attentive adj. late 14c., "heedful, observant" (implied in attentively), from Old French atentif "expectant, hopeful," from past-participle stem of Latin attendere "give heed to" (see attend). The sense of "actively ministering to the needs and wants" (of another person) is from early 16c. Entries linking to attentive 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. attentiveness n. "heedfulness, attention. state of being attentive," mid-15c., from attentive + -ness. inattentive adj. "heedless, careless, negligent," 1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + attentive. Related: Inattentively; inattentiveness. updated on September 28, 2022
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attentive adj.

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