Entertaiment is an evolving category of activities, involving the participation of people or groups of people, in various forms and at many different levels. The activity may be intended to create an aesthetic effect, but is also often oriented towards amusement or recreation. In the modern sense of the word, entertainment can range from a choice of private entertainments available through ever-expanding catalogues to individual consumers, to banquets and festivities for large numbers, or even performances intended for a global audience. The word entertainment derives from the Medieval Latin inter tenere, with prefix “inside” and suffix -tene, a root that is closely related to the Indo-European word for stretch, ten.