Where does “tenaz” come from?

tenaz (Portuguese) comes from Latin tenāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

tenaz (Portuguese): tenacious; tongs; pincer

Definitions

  1. tenacious; tongs; pincer

Ancestry of “tenaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenāxclinging
2Latin-āxish, -y
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “tenaz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →