Etymology Explorer › Ido

Where does “tendo” come from?

tendo (Ido) comes from Vulgar Latin tenda, from Latin tendita, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tendo (Ido): tent

Definitions

  1. tent

Ancestry of “tendo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintenda—
2Latintendita—
3Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
4Latinteneō—
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →