Where does “tendre” come from?

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

tendre (Norman): tender

Definitions

  1. tender

Ancestry of “tendre”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Latin tendere →