Where does “tentaculum” come from?

tentaculum (English) comes 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.

tentaculum (English): A tentacle; One of the stiff hairs situated...

Definitions

  1. A tentacle; One of the stiff hairs situated...

Ancestry of “tentaculum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualtentāculum—
2LatintentoI handle, touch; I try, test
3Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tentaculum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →