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Where does “tenere” come from?

tenere (Latin) comes from Latin tener, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “tenere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenersoft, delicate, tender; young, youthful;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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