Where does “subtenente” come from?

subtenente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tenente, from Latin tenens, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

subtenente (Portuguese): second lieutenant the rank below a lieutenant

Definitions

  1. second lieutenant the rank below a lieutenant

Ancestry of “subtenente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetenentelieutenant
2Latintenensholding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →