Where does “tenutosi” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tenutosi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantenutopast participle of tenere; past participle of...
2Italiantenereto hold; to keep; to hold up; to sustain
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-
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