The word Entertaiment is derived from the Medieval Latin intertenere (to hold inside). Its Indo-European root is ten, which is also the basis of the abbreviation TEN in Transformational Entertainment News. The word has become so familiar that it has come to mean something that amuses and excites, though entertainment can have serious purposes — for example, at a wedding or religious festival, or as social commentary, or satire.
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