Where does “tens” come from?

tens (Middle English) comes from Old French tens, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos, from Proto-Indo-European temp- — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

tens (Middle English): tense

Definitions

  1. tense

Ancestry of “tens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtensAlternative form of tans
2Latintempustime, period, age; season; kairos, right time,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemposstretch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemp-to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...

Words derived from “tens”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tempos →Every word from Latin tempus →