Where does “tenedor” come from?
tenedor (Asturian) comes from Spanish tenedor, from Spanish tener, from Old Spanish tener, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenedor (Asturian): fork
Ancestry of “tenedor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | tenedor | fork; bearer; holder |
| 2 | Spanish | tener | to have, possess; to have, possess, to be; to... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | tener | — |
| 4 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |