Intend
/ɪnˈtɛnd/noun
To mean or plan to do something; to have as one's purpose.
Did you know?Intend comes from Latin intendere, “to stretch toward,” the same root behind tension and tendon—so the word began as physical reaching before it became mental purpose.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ten-
“to stretch”
Latin
Latin
tendere
“to stretch, extend”
Latin
Latin
intendere
“to stretch out, direct toward; to aim at”
Old French
Old French
entendre
“to direct one's mind to; to mean”
Middle English
English
intend
“to aim at, design, mean”
Modern English
English
intend
“to plan or have as one's purpose”