Where does “anténa” come from?

anténa (Czech) comes from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

anténa (Czech): antenna apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves

Definitions

  1. antenna apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves

Ancestry of “anténa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
2Proto-Italicantitempnā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic antitempnā →Every word from Latin antenna →