Where does “tēnsa” come from?

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

tēnsa (Latin): the chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games

Definitions

  1. the chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games

Ancestry of “tēnsa”, step by step

tēnsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tendō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
2Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Proto-Italic tensā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictensā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-s-eh₂—

Words derived from “tēnsa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Ancient Greek τένων →Every word from Latin tendō →
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