Where does “tenramente” come from?

tenramente (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tenro, from Old Portuguese tẽero, from Latin tener, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenramente (Portuguese): tenderly

Definitions

  1. tenderly

Ancestry of “tenramente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetenrotender
2Old Portuguesetẽero—
3Latintenersoft, delicate, tender; young, youthful;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Latin tener →Every word from Old Portuguese tẽero →