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Where does “teso” come from?

teso (Italian) comes from Latin tēnsus.

teso (Italian): taut, tight, tense, stretched; outstretched;...

Definitions

  1. taut, tight, tense, stretched; outstretched;...

Ancestry of “teso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintēnsus—

Words derived from “teso”

  • normoteso
  • ipoteso
  • tesare
  • tesafili
  • tesatura
  • tesista
  • tesi
Every word from Latin tēnsus →