Where does “tenaille” come from?
tenaille (English) comes from French tenaille, from Latin tenaculum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenaille (English): An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification,...
Definitions
- An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification,...
Ancestry of “tenaille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tenaille | pincer; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | tenaculum | instrument for gripping |
| 3 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |