Where does “tendo” come from?

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

tendo (Latin): to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend

Definitions

  1. to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend

Ancestry of “tendo”, step by step

tendo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τένων

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Proto-Italic tendō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictendōto stretch

Words derived from “tendo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →