Where does “tente” come from?
tente (French) comes from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin tenta, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tente (French): tent; first/third-person singular present of...
Definitions
- tent; first/third-person singular present of...
Ancestry of “tente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tente | tent, temporary hut or other similar building |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | tenta | tent; second-person singular present active... |
| 3 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 4 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |