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Where does “tenuto” come from?

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

tenuto (Italian): past participle of tenere; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. past participle of tenere; past participle of...

Ancestry of “tenuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantenereto hold; to keep; to hold up; to sustain
2Latinteneō—
3Proto-Italictenēōto hold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenuto”

  • tenuto
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