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Where does “tenitura” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tenitura”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tenitura”

  • tenure
  • tenurial
  • tenuretrack
  • nontenure
  • tenurially
  • tenureless
  • cotenure
  • tenure
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