Where does “tent” come from?
Tent derives from Spanish tinto through Latin tinctus, the past participle of tingo meaning to dye or color, ultimately from the root tentare and ad-.
tent (English): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins,...
Definitions
- A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins,...
Ancestry of “tent”, step by step
tent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tent | attention |
| 2 | Middle English | attent | attention |
| 3 | Old French | atente | attention, intention |
| 4 | Latin | attenta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | attendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | attendo | I pay attention, attend; I direct or turn toward |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish tinto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tinto | dark red; red wine; past participle of teñir |
| 2 | Latin | tinctus | impregnated with; dipped in; treated; coloured,... |
| 3 | Latin | tingō | to wet, moisten, dip in, impregnate with; to smear; to dip, immerse |
| 4 | Latin | tingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teng- | to think |