Where does “tendre” come from?

tendre (Middle English) comes from Old French tendre, from Latin tendere, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tendre (Middle English): tender; Alternative form of tinder

Definitions

  1. tender; Alternative form of tinder

Ancestry of “tendre”, step by step

tendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tendre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtendretender; to stretch
2Latintenderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Old English tynder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtyndertinder
2Old Norsetundr—
3Proto-Germanictundrątinder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tendere →