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Where does “extensus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “extensus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextendō—
2Latintendō—
3Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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