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Where does “thenoun” come from?

thenoun (Middle English) comes from Latin tenon, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

thenoun (Middle English): tendon

Definitions

  1. tendon

Ancestry of “thenoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintenonA tendon, nerve
2Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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