attendant etymology

Etymology

• French: assistant
• Latin: assistens (present participle of assistere "to stand near, assist")
• ** Proto-Indo-European:** *ad-stā- ("to stand near")

Meaning

• A person who waits on or assists customers in a store, restaurant, or other public place.
• A person who attends to the needs of someone else, such as a patient or an employer.

Origin

The word "attendant" entered the English language in the 14th century as a noun meaning "a person who accompanies or waits on someone else." Gradually, the meaning of the word expanded to include "a person who assists someone in a service-oriented role." The word "attendant" is related to the verb "attend," which means "to give attention to something or someone."

attendant relate terms

• attend

  Etymology Old French atendre Late Latin attendere from ad to towards tendere

• tendant

  Etymology The word tendant comes from the Latin word tendere which means to stretc

• tend

  Etymology The word tend comes from the Middle English word tenden which in turn com

• attendant

  Etymology French assistant Latin assistens present participle of assistere to stand

• concomitant

  Etymology From Late Latin concomitans present participle of concomitari to accompany

• tender

  Etymology The word tender comes from the Old French verb tendre meaning to stretch

• consequent

  Etymology Late Middle English from Latin consequens present participle of consequi f

• satellite

  Etymology The word satellite comes from the Latin word satelles which means atten

• count

  Etymology The word count originates from the Old French word conte which itself deri

• therapeutic

  Etymology The term therapeutic is derived from the Greek word therapeuein which mea

• incidental

  Etymology In prefix meaning in into or within Cident root from Lati

• corset

  Etymology The word corset is derived from the Old French word cors meaning body

• sector

  Etymology The word sector originates from the Latin word sector which means a cutt