Where does “ténuité” come from?

ténuité (French) comes from Latin tenuitas, from Latin tenuis, from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

ténuité (French): subtlety

Definitions

  1. subtlety

Ancestry of “ténuité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenuitasthinness, fineness; poverty; frugality
2Latintenuisthin, fine, slender; weak, watery; slight,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanténh₂usthin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantenh₂-to stretch, to extend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “ténuité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us →