Where does “tendone” come from?

tendone (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.

tendone (Italian): big top circus tent

Definitions

  1. big top circus tent

Ancestry of “tendone”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →