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Where does “tenda” come from?

tenda (Latin) comes from Latin tendita, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “tenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintendita—
2Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
3Latinteneō—
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenda”

  • tent
  • tentmaker
  • tentlike
  • tentage
  • tentmate
  • tentmaking
  • tentpole
  • tentless
  • tentiform
  • tentful
  • tentwise
  • untent
  • tent-maker
  • tentwallah
  • tentwort
  • tenda
  • attendarsi
  • attendamento
  • tendaggio
  • tendame
  • тент
  • tente
  • tendumi
  • tendo
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