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