Where does “praetendere” come from?
praetendere (Latin) comes from Latin praetendo, from Latin tendo, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
praetendere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive indicative...
Ancestry of “praetendere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praetendo | I stretch forth or forward; I extend; I spread... |
| 2 | Latin | tendo | I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I... |
| 3 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 4 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |