Where does “tenue” come from?
tenue (Italian) comes from Latin tenuis, from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenue (Italian): soft; feeble; faint
Ancestry of “tenue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tenuis | thin, fine, slender; weak, watery; slight,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ténh₂us | thin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tenh₂- | to stretch, to extend |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tenue”