Where does “megatenda” come from?

megatenda (Galician) comes from Galician tenda, from Old Portuguese tenda, from Late Latin tenda, from Latin tendita, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

megatenda (Galician): superstore, megastore

Definitions

  1. superstore, megastore

Ancestry of “megatenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciantendatent; store, shop, workshop, stall
2Old Portuguesetenda—
3Late Latintenda—
4Latintendita—
5Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
6Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →