Where does “tentaculocyst” come from?
tentaculocyst (English) comes from English tentaculum, from Translingual tentāculum, from Latin tento, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tentaculocyst (English): One of the auditory organs of certain medusae
Definitions
- One of the auditory organs of certain medusae
Ancestry of “tentaculocyst”, step by step
tentaculocyst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tentaculum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tentaculum | A tentacle; One of the stiff hairs situated... |
| 2 | Translingual | tentāculum | — |
| 3 | Latin | tento | I handle, touch; I try, test |
| 4 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |