Where does “tentiginis” come from?
tentiginis (Latin) comes from Latin tentum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tentiginis (Latin): genitive singular of tentīgō; a tension,...
Definitions
- genitive singular of tentīgō; a tension,...
Ancestry of “tentiginis”, step by step
tentiginis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin tentum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tentum | accusative supine of teneō; accusative supine of... |
| 2 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Latin tendere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tendere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |