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

  1. An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification,...

Ancestry of “tenaille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtenaillepincer; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latintenaculuminstrument for gripping
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →