Where does “antenna” come from?

Antenna comes from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European temp-, a root of uncertain ultimate meaning.

antenna (English): A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or...

Definitions

  1. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or...

Ancestry of “antenna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
2Proto-Italicantitempnā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “antenna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic antitempnā →Every word from Latin antenna →