Where does “terratenente” come from?

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

terratenente (Portuguese): landowner

Definitions

  1. landowner

Ancestry of “terratenente”, step by step

terratenente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese tenente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetenentelieutenant
2Latintenensholding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Portuguese Terra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseTerraEarth
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →