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Where does “tenta” come from?

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

tenta (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “tenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantentareto try, to attempt; to tempt, to lure, to...
2Latintemptō—
3Latintendō—
4Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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