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Where does “tendaggio” come from?

tendaggio (Italian) comes from Italian tenda, 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.

tendaggio (Italian): curtains, drapes

Definitions

  1. curtains, drapes

Ancestry of “tendaggio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantendatent; curtain, blind, shade; awning, sunshade,...
2Late Latintenda—
3Latintendita—
4Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
5Latinteneō—
6Proto-Italictenēōto hold
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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