Where does “tendre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tendre”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	tendre	tender; to stretch
2	Latin	tendere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
3	Proto-Indo-European	tend-	to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4	Proto-Indo-European	temh₂-	to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →