Where does “tennisracket” come from?
tennisracket (Dutch) comes from Dutch tennis, from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tennisracket (Dutch): tennis racket
Definitions
- tennis racket
Ancestry of “tennisracket”, step by step
tennisracket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tennis | tennis sport |
| 2 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets |
| 3 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |