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Where does “tenda” come from?

tenda (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin tenda, from Latin tendita, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenda (Portuguese): tent

Definitions

  1. tent

Ancestry of “tenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintenda—
2Latintendita—
3Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
4Latinteneō—
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenda”

  • tenda
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