Where does “tenilo” come from?
tenilo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto teni, from French tenir, from Middle French tenir, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenilo (Esperanto): handle, haft
Ancestry of “tenilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | teni | to hold, to keep |
| 2 | French | tenir | to have; to hold; to keep; to take ; to consider;... |
| 3 | Middle French | tenir | to hold |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |