Where does “tenzonare” come from?
tenzonare (Italian) comes from Italian tenzone, from Old Occitan tensó, from Vulgar Latin tentionem, from Latin contentiō, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
tenzonare (Italian): To fight or combat
Definitions
- To fight or combat
Ancestry of “tenzonare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tenzone | dispute, disagreement, fight, strife; battle,... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | tensó | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tentionem | — |
| 4 | Latin | contentiō | stretching, tension |
| 5 | Latin | contineo | I hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;... |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |