tender

• adj.優しい；柔らかい；もろい；子供っぽい；扱いにくい
• n. 清算する；管理人；ボート
• vt.提供する、返済する；柔らかくする；和らげる
• vi. 柔らかくする；和らげる

tend-、伸ばす、伸ばす、語源的にはtend, extendと同じ。

tend-から、細くなる、華奢になる、語源的にはtenuous, thinと同じ。

tender

tender: English has two distinct words tender, both of which go back ultimately to the Indo- European base *ten- ‘stretch’. The adjective, ‘delicate, fragile’ [13], comes via Old French tendre from Latin tener ‘delicate’, a descendant of *ten- and source also of English tendril [16] (etymologically a ‘tender’ shoot). The verb, ‘offer’ [16], comes from another Old French tendre, which went back to Latin tendere ‘stretch, hold out’ (source of English tend, tendency, etc).
=> tenant, tend, tendril

tender (adj.)

"soft, easily injured," early 13c., from Old French tendre "soft, delicate; young" (11c.), from Latin tenerem (nominative tener) "soft, delicate; of tender age, youthful," from a derivative of PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet), on the notion of "stretched," hence "thin," hence "weak" or "young." Compare Sanskrit tarunah "young, tender," Greek teren "tender, delicate," Armenian t'arm "young, fresh, green."

Meaning "kind, affectionate, loving" first recorded early 14c. Meaning "having the delicacy of youth, immature" is attested in English from early 14c. Related: Tenderly; tenderness. Tender-hearted first recorded 1530s.

tender (v.)

"to offer formally," 1540s, from Middle French tendre "to offer, hold forth" (11c.), from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). The retention of the ending of the French infinitive is unusual (see render (v.) for another example). The noun meaning "formal offer for acceptance" is from 1540s; specific sense of "money that may be legally offered as payment" is from 1740; hence legal tender "currency."

tender (n.)

"person who tends another," late 15c., probably an agent noun formed from Middle English tenden "attend to" (see tend (v.2)); later extended to locomotive engineers (1825) and barmen (1883). The meaning "small boat used to attend larger ones" first recorded 1670s.

1. Steam the carrots until they are just beginning to be tender .

ニンジンをちょうど柔らかくなるまで蒸します。

2.The staff are forbidden to tender for private-sector work.

従業員は民間部門の仕事を入札で引き受けてはならない。

3.If the meat is marbled with fat it should be tender .

サムギョプサルであれば、柔らかいはずです。

4.It is a beautiful meat，very lean and tender .

この肉はとても良くて、やせていて柔らかいです。

5.To reconstitute dried tomatoes,simmer in plain water until they are tender .

トマトを浸して乾燥させるには、水に入れて弱火で柔らかくなるまで煮る必要があります。