Where does “circustent” come from?
circustent (Dutch) comes from Dutch tent, from Middle Dutch tente, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin tenta, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
circustent (Dutch): circus tent
Definitions
- circus tent
Ancestry of “circustent”, step by step
circustent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tent | tent; pavillion; a building, especially one used... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tente | — |
| 3 | Old French | tente | tent, temporary hut or other similar building |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tenta | tent; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |