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
- tender; to tighten; to stretch out
Ancestry of “tendre”, step by step
tendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tenero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tenero | tender, soft; delicate, kind; cute; tender part,... |
| 2 | Spanish | tierno | tender, affectionate; soft, delicate; tender,... |
| 3 | Latin | tenerum | nominative neuter singular of tener; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Old French tendre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tendre | tender; to stretch |
| 2 | Latin | tendere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
Words derived from “tendre”