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Where does “tentorium” come from?

tentorium (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.

tentorium (English): The framework of internal supports within an...

Definitions

  1. The framework of internal supports within an...

Ancestry of “tentorium”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tentorium”

  • supratentorial
  • tentorial
  • infratentorial
  • transtentorial
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