Where does “tenēō” come from?

tenēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenēō (Proto-Italic): to hold

Definitions

  1. to hold

Ancestry of “tenēō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenēō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-