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