Where does “tentáculo” come from?

tentáculo (Galician) comes from New Latin tentaculum, from Latin tentō — to handle, touch.

tentáculo (Galician): tentacle elongated, boneless, flexible appendage

Definitions

  1. tentacle elongated, boneless, flexible appendage

Ancestry of “tentáculo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintentaculum—
2Latintentōto handle, touch
Every word from Latin tentō →Every word from New Latin tentaculum →