Where does “tendifilo” come from?

tendifilo (Italian) comes from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

tendifilo (Italian): tension disk

Definitions

  1. tension disk

Ancestry of “tendifilo”, step by step

tendifilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian filo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfilothread; yarn; string
2Latinphylumphylum
3Ancient Greekφῦλονa set of people or other beings; sex; nation,...
4Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Italian tendere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantendereto tighten; to stretch; to crane
2Latintendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
3Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Chichewa iye