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

Definitions

  1. lieutenant

Ancestry of “tenyente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtenientelieutenant; deputy; having, holding
2Latintenensholding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →