Where does “protend” come from?

protend (English) comes from Latin prōtendere.

protend (English): To hold out; to stretch forth

Definitions

  1. To hold out; to stretch forth

Ancestry of “protend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprōtendere
Every word from Latin prōtendere
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