Where does “tendron” come from?

tendron (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.

tendron (Middle French): cartilage

Definitions

  1. cartilage

Ancestry of “tendron”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tendron”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tendere →
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