Where does “teisėsauga” come from?

teisėsauga (Lithuanian) comes from Old French teise, from Latin tēnsa, from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

teisėsauga (Lithuanian): law enforcement

Definitions

  1. law enforcement

Ancestry of “teisėsauga”, step by step

teisėsauga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French teise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchteise—
2Latintēnsathe chariot or car on which the images of the gods were borne in the Circensian games
3Latintendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
4Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Lithuanian sauga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniansaugasecurity, safety
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Ancient Greek τένων →Every word from Latin tendō →