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Where does “extendō” come from?

extendō (Latin) comes from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “extendō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintendō—
2Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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