Where does “obtendere” come from?

obtendere (Latin) comes from Latin tendere, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

obtendere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “obtendere”, step by step

obtendere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tendere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Latin ob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinobin the direction of, to, towards; on account of,...
2Proto-Italic*optowards

Words derived from “obtendere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →