Where does “tenaille” come from?

tenaille (French) comes from Latin tenaculum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenaille (French): pincer; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. pincer; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “tenaille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenaculuminstrument for gripping
2Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
3Proto-Italictenēōto hold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenaille”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →