attend English · revision 4542

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=a. 1300|origins=la attendere}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈtend/^(Roach et al. 2011)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|attenden]], atenden,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|atendre|t=to expect, wait for, pay attention]] (12th century, modern attendre “to wait for”),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and directly [[der|la|attendere|t=to give heed to]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) literally “to stretch toward”, especially in attendere animum “to stretch the mind toward”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from ad “to” and tendere “to stretch”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*ten-|t=to stretch]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[tend]], [[attention]] and [[attentive]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To be subject to, a sense now obsolete: about 1300 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) To direct one's mind, pay attention: before 1300 in the OED,^(OED 1989) before 1325 in Barnhart, in Cursor Mundi,^(Barnhart 1988) the early 14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To take care of or wait upon is from the mid-14th century,^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) to pay attention from the early 15th century,^(Etymonline) and to accompany and serve someone, and to be present, from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) To be present at a meeting or event, now a main sense, is from the 17th century,^(Hoad 1986) and to follow as a consequence from the 1610s.^(Etymonline) The sense “to wait for, expect”, as in French, was used in English but is obsolete.^(Hoad 1986) ''Attendance'' is from about 1380, in Chaucer's Boethius,^(Barnhart 1988) and ''attendant'' from before 1422.^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1300 – to pay attention.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-14th century – to take care of.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1380 – ''attendance''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * mid-15th century – to accompany; to be present.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1610s – to follow as a result.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To be present at: ''attend a meeting''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To go regularly to a [[school]] or church.^(Collins 2023)

+ # To take care of or look after: ''[[doctor]]s attending the wounded''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To accompany as a servant or companion.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To accompany as a result: ''the risks that attend surgery''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''attend to'': to apply oneself to or deal with; to pay attention to.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[attender]]

+ * [[attendingly]]

+ * [[attendee]]

+ * [[attending]]

+ * [[tend]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[attendance]]

+ * [[attendant]]

+ * [[attention]]

+ * [[attentive]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}