Where does “tendre” come from?

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

tendre (Old French): tender; to stretch

Definitions

  1. tender; to stretch

Ancestry of “tendre”, step by step

tendre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tendere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

via Latin tener

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenersoft, delicate, tender; young, youthful;...

Words derived from “tendre”

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