tender的词源
英文词源
- tender
- tender: English has two distinct words tender, both of which go back ultimately to the Indo- European base *ten- ‘stretch’. The adjective, ‘delicate, fragile’ [13], comes via Old French tendre from Latin tener ‘delicate’, a descendant of *ten- and source also of English tendril [16] (etymologically a ‘tender’ shoot). The verb, ‘offer’ [16], comes from another Old French tendre, which went back to Latin tendere ‘stretch, hold out’ (source of English tend, tendency, etc).
=> tenant, tend, tendril - tender (adj.)
- "soft, easily injured," early 13c., from Old French tendre "soft, delicate; young" (11c.), from Latin tenerem (nominative tener) "soft, delicate; of tender age, youthful," from a derivative of PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet), on the notion of "stretched," hence "thin," hence "weak" or "young." Compare Sanskrit tarunah "young, tender," Greek teren "tender, delicate," Armenian t'arm "young, fresh, green."
Meaning "kind, affectionate, loving" first recorded early 14c. Meaning "having the delicacy of youth, immature" is attested in English from early 14c. Related: Tenderly; tenderness. Tender-hearted first recorded 1530s. - tender (v.)
- "to offer formally," 1540s, from Middle French tendre "to offer, hold forth" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). The retention of the ending of the French infinitive is unusual (see render (v.) for another example). The noun meaning "formal offer for acceptance" is from 1540s; specific sense of "money that may be legally offered as payment" is from 1740; hence legal tender "currency."
- tender (n.)
- "person who tends another," late 15c., probably an agent noun formed from Middle English tenden "attend to" (see tend (v.2)); later extended to locomotive engineers (1825) and barmen (1883). The meaning "small boat used to attend larger ones" first recorded 1670s.
中文词源
tender：嫩的，脆弱的，温柔的；敏感的
来源于原始印欧语ten-(伸延)在拉丁语中派生的形容词tener(脆弱的,温柔的);原指植物刚刚伸出的幼牙是“嫩的,脆弱的”。
词根词缀： -tend-延伸 + -er
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：tender 词源，tender 含义。
tend-,延伸，伸长，词源同 tend,extend.引申词义投标，建议。
tender：嫩的，柔软的，亲切的，和善的
来自 tend-,变细，细长的，词源同 tenuous,thin.引申词义嫩的，柔软的，后用于指亲切的，和 善的。
tender：嫩的，柔软的，亲切的，和善的
来自 tend-,变细，细长的，词源同 tenuous,thin.引申词义嫩的，柔软的，后用于指亲切的，和 善的。
tend-,延伸，伸长，词源同 tend,extend.引申词义投标，建议。
