Where does “tente” come from?

tente (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tenta, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tente (Old French): tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Definitions

  1. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Ancestry of “tente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintentatent; second-person singular present active...
2Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →