Where does “tenyente” come from?
tenyente (Cebuano) comes from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenens, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenyente (Cebuano): lieutenant
Ancestry of “tenyente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | teniente | lieutenant; deputy; having, holding |
| 2 | Latin | tenens | holding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,... |
| 3 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |