Where does “tenenza” come from?

tenenza (Italian) comes from Italian tenente, from Latin tenens, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenenza (Italian): lieutenancy

Definitions

  1. lieutenancy

Ancestry of “tenenza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantenentetenacious; resistant; present participle of...
2Latintenensholding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →