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Where does “tenus” come from?

tenus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic tenos, from Proto-Indo-European ténos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenus (Latin): snare or trap; Right up to, as far as, just as...

Definitions

  1. snare or trap; Right up to, as far as, just as...

Ancestry of “tenus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictenos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanténosextension
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenus”

  • quatenus
  • quatenus
  • nullatenus
  • aliquatenus
  • eatenus
  • hactenus
  • tino
  • desatinar
  • atinar
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