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Where does “antenne” come from?

antenne (Italian) comes from Italian antenna, from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

antenne (Italian): plural of antenna

Definitions

  1. plural of antenna

Ancestry of “antenne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianantennaflagpole; yard; device to receive or transmit...
2Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
3Proto-Italicantitempnā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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