" tender "

[Adjective]  | "ten*der" | \ ˈten-dər \

1: marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond, loving

2: showing care : considerate, solicitous

3: highly susceptible to impressions or emotions : impressionable

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English tendre, tender, borrowed from Anglo-French tendre, going back to Latin tener "soft, delicate (of persons or parts of the body), immature, yielding easily, sensitive," probably by metathesis from *terenos or *terunos, going back to Indo-European, whence also Greek térēn "soft, tender," Sanskrit taruṇa- "young, tender, fresh," Avestan tauruna- "young," (as noun) "boy";

  * Note : Macrobius (early 5th century), in his Saturnalia, quotes Favorinus (ca. 80-160 a.d.) as claiming that terenus meant mollis ("soft") in Sabine; this form would support the hypothesis of metathesis in Latin tener. Ernout and Meillet (Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine, 4th edition, Paris, 1979) reject this etymology without comment, citing instead a possible connection with the ten- of tenēre, tendere, tenuis (see: {tenant:1|tenant:1}, {tender:3|tender:3}, {thin:1|thin:1}).;

[Adjective]  | "ten*der-head*ed" | \ ˈten-dər-ˈhe-dəd \

1: tending to experience pain, discomfort, or sensitivity of the scalp that occurs especially when the hair is placed under tension (as when wearing tight hairstyles or when styling hair by combing, brushing, or pulling) and that especially affects people with kinky hair

Origin: 1980 ;

[Adjective]  | "ten*der-mind*ed" | \ ˈten-dər-ˌmīn-dəd \

1: marked by idealism, optimism, and dogmatism

Origin: 1593 ;

[Verb]  | "tender" 

1: to present for acceptance : offer

2: to make a tender of

3: to make a bid or tender

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English tendren, probably in part derivative of tendur {see: |tender:3|tender:3}, in part borrowed from its source, Anglo-French tendre;

  * Note : The apparent use of the Anglo-French nominalized infinitive as an inflected verb in Middle English is paralleled by {render:2|render:2}. Cf. {tend:1|tend:1}, a more regular borrowing of the stem of the same verb, in a different sense.;

[Verb]  | "tender" 

1: to make tender : soften, weaken

2: to regard or treat with tenderness

3: to become tender

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English tendren "to become tender, care for, be concerned about," derivative of tender, tendre {see: |tender:1|tender:1};

[Noun]  | "tender" 

1: an unconditional offer of money or service in satisfaction of a debt or obligation made to save a penalty or forfeiture for nonpayment or nonperformance

2: an offer or proposal made for acceptance: such as

3: an offer of a bid for a contract

Origin: circa 1543 ;

 Middle English tendur "grant of a license," borrowed from Anglo-French tendre "offer, offer in satisfaction of a debt," noun derivative from infinitive of tendre "to stretch, hold out, offer (a suit, plea, money), grant," going back to Latin tendere "to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)," going back to Indo-European *ten- "stretch, extend" + *-d- (or *-dh-), suffixal extension of uncertain origin {mat|tenant:1|} ;

  * Note : See note at {tenant:1|tenant:1}. The original past participle of tendere is tentus, which would appear to continue an Indo-European verbal adjective *tn̥-tos, whence also Greek tatós, derived directly from the base *ten- rather than from *tend-. The form tentus was largely replaced by tensus, presumably from *tend-tos, a regular derivative of the new formation tend-.;

[Noun]  | "tender" 

1: an often breaded strip of usually breast meat; also : the tenderloin of a chicken

Origin: 1955 ;

 Probably short for {see: |tenderloin|tenderloin};

[Noun]  | "tend*er" | \ ˈten-dər \

1: one that tends: such as

2: a ship employed to attend other ships (as to supply provisions)

3: a boat for communication or transportation between shore and a larger ship

Origin: 1675 ;

 {see: |tend:2|tend:2} + {see: |-er:2|-er:2};

[Noun]  | "tender" 

1: consideration, regard

Origin: 1598 ;

 Probably noun derivative of {see: |tender:1|tender:1} or of {see: |tender:6|tender:6} in sense "to be solicitous of";

[Noun]  | "tender offer" 

1: a public offer to buy not less than a specified number of shares of a stock at a fixed price from stockholders usually in an attempt to gain control of the issuing company

Origin: 1967 ;

[Adjective]  | "tender" 

[Adjective]  | "tender-minded" 

[Noun]  | "tender" 

[Noun]  | "legal tender" 

[Verb]  | "tender"