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Where does “tendre” come from?

tendre (French) comes from Italian tenero, from Spanish tierno, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tendre (French): tender; to tighten; to stretch out

Definitions

  1. tender; to tighten; to stretch out

Ancestry of “tendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantenerotender, soft; delicate, kind; cute; tender part,...
2Spanishtiernotender, affectionate; soft, delicate; tender,...
3Latintenerumnominative neuter singular of tener; accusative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tendre”

  • retendre
  • tendant
  • tendra
  • tendance
  • tendancieux
  • tendresse
  • tenture
  • tendrement
  • tendancieusement
  • attendrir
  • attendrisseur
  • tendreur
  • tendent
  • Tendenz
  • tendenziös
  • tendencia
  • tendenciák
  • tandru
  • tandans
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