Tender

Morpheme

Tender

Type

free base

Denotation

soft, delicate, young, youthful, sensitive

Etymology

Middle English tender, tendere; Anglo-Norman tender; Old French tendre; Latin tener, tenerum

Evidence

tender, tendered, tenderer, tenderest, tenderfoot, tenderhearted, tendering, tenderise, tenderize, tenderized, tenderizes, tenderizing, tenderly, tenderminded, tenderness, tenders

Notes

unetymological <d>
homograph of <Tend + -(e)r>

Homographs

Tender