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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;...
3Latinteneō—
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tente”

  • tent
  • tentmaker
  • tentlike
  • tentage
  • tentmate
  • tentmaking
  • tentpole
  • tentless
  • tentiform
  • tentful
  • tentwise
  • untent
  • tent-maker
  • tentwallah
  • tentwort
  • тент
  • tente
  • tendumi
  • tendo
  • tendaro
  • tendarfajro
  • tentdak
  • ballentent
  • circustent
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