Entertain comes from the latin words Inter meaning "to be amongst others" and Tenir "to hold" and in French 12th Century Entretenir "To maintain"
The word entertain was first used in modern English in the mid 1500`s
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I do not know the answer, but can only guess that it derived from the French word, "salon" (a place to entertain guests).
NO!!! To Entertain is a VERB. 'Entertainingly' is ther Adverb.
There are three syllables in the word 'entertain' (en*ter*tain)
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I do not know the answer, but can only guess that it derived from the French word, "salon" (a place to entertain guests).
Entertain is a french word, which means to hold your thoughts together. Contrary to what some believe it is the opposite of Amuse, which means without thinking. If you want to entertain me you do something that gets me to think and sometimes act upon, but amuse me and I don't have to do much.
to entertain = bidehr (בידר)
NO!!! To Entertain is a VERB. 'Entertainingly' is ther Adverb.
There are three syllables in the word 'entertain' (en*ter*tain)
The word 'entertain' is a verb, a word for an action. Example:Mayzie will entertain you with her rendition of "Let Me Entertain You".
The correct spelling is entertain.An example sentence is "the clowns arrived to entertain the children at the party".
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Perform and act are the two words that are used to describe how to entertain an audience.
The abstract noun forms of the verb to entertain are entertainment and the gerund, entertaining.The concrete noun for the verb to entertain is entertainer, a word for a person.
the origin is where the word came from but the specific origin of the word ballot is latin root word.
amuser (quelqu'un) = to entertain (someone) s'amuser (reflective form) = to enjoy, to entertain oneself