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Where does “musculotendinous” come from?

musculotendinous (English) comes from English tendinous, from New Latin tendinōsus, from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

musculotendinous (English): Of or pertaining to both muscle and tendon tissue

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to both muscle and tendon tissue

Ancestry of “musculotendinous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtendinousOf, pertaining to, or resembling a tendon or...
2New Latintendinōsus—
3Latintendō—
4Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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