verb/tenˈdeɾ/
to tend to, to have a tendency; to spread, to stretch out; to lay (cable); to make (a bed); to hang up (clothes)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Old Spanish tender Spanish tender Inherited from Old Spanish tender, from Latin tendō, -ere.