Where does “tenos” come from?
tenos (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ténos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
Ancestry of “tenos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | ténos | extension |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tenos”