Where does “tesu” come from?

tesu (Asturian) comes from Old Leonese teso, from Latin tēnsus — Stretched, stretched out, extended, distended.

tesu (Asturian): (a small) hill

Definitions

  1. (a small) hill

Ancestry of “tesu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Leonesetesosmall hill
2LatintēnsusStretched, stretched out, extended, distended
Every word from Latin tēnsus →Every word from Old Leonese teso →