Where does “Tetrislike” come from?
Tetrislike (English) comes from English Tetris, from Russian Те́трис, from Russian те́ннис, from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō — to stretch, to extend.
Tetrislike (English): Resembling Tetris
Definitions
- Resembling Tetris
Ancestry of “Tetrislike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tetris | The act of clearing four lines at once in... |
| 2 | Russian | Те́трис | Tetris |
| 3 | Russian | те́ннис | tennis |
| 4 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets |
| 5 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 6 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 7 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |