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
- A tentacle; One of the stiff hairs situated...
Ancestry of “tentaculum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | tentāculum | — |
| 2 | Latin | tento | I handle, touch; I try, test |
| 3 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 4 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tentaculum”