Where does “tenter” come from?

tenter (English) comes from Latin tentorium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tenter (English): A framework upon which cloth is stretched and...

Definitions

  1. A framework upon which cloth is stretched and...

Ancestry of “tenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintentoriumtent
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tenter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →