Where does “tentiginous” come from?

tentiginous (English) comes from Latin tentīgō, from Latin tendere, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tentiginous (English): stiff; stretched; strained; lustful

Definitions

  1. stiff; stretched; strained; lustful

Ancestry of “tentiginous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintentīgōlecherousness, lust
2Latintenderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut
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