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Where does “teniso” come from?

teniso (Esperanto) comes from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

teniso (Esperanto): tennis

Definitions

  1. tennis

Ancestry of “teniso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtennisA sport played by two players , who alternately...
2Old Frenchtenezsecond-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
3Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
4Latinteneō—
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “teniso”

  • tabloteniso
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