Where does “τενίστας” come from?

τενίστας (Greek) comes from Italian tennista, from Italian tennis, from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

τενίστας (Greek): tennis player

Definitions

  1. tennis player

Ancestry of “τενίστας”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantennistatennis player
2Italiantennistennis
3EnglishtennisA sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets
4Old Frenchtenezsecond-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
5Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
6Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “τενίστας”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →