Where does “tem” come from?
tem (Portuguese) comes from Latin tenet, from Latin teneo, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
Ancestry of “tem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tenet | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | teneo | to hold, have; grasp; to possess, occupy,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |