Where does “tendina” come from?

tendina (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.

tendina (Italian): curtain; shutter

Definitions

  1. curtain; shutter

Ancestry of “tendina”, step by step

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