Where does “tens” come from?

tens (Catalan) comes from Latin tēnsus — Stretched, stretched out, extended, distended.

tens (Catalan): tense, taut

Definitions

  1. tense, taut

Ancestry of “tens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintēnsusStretched, stretched out, extended, distended
Every word from Latin tēnsus