Where does “ten” come from?
ten (Galician) comes from Galician ter, from Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
ten (Galician): third-person singular present indicative of ter;...
Definitions
- third-person singular present indicative of ter;...
Ancestry of “ten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | ter | to hold, have; to possess; ought to |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tẽer | — |
| 3 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |