Where does “tenda” come from?

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

tenda (Italian): tent; curtain, blind, shade; awning, sunshade,...

Definitions

  1. tent; curtain, blind, shade; awning, sunshade,...

Ancestry of “tenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintenda
2Latintendita
3Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenda

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-Every word from Proto-Italic tenēōEvery word from Latin teneō