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Where does “tendiscarpe” come from?

tendiscarpe (Italian) comes from Italian tendere, from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tendiscarpe (Italian): shoe tree

Definitions

  1. shoe tree

Ancestry of “tendiscarpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantendereto tighten; to stretch; to crane
2Latintendō—
3Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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