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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanténosextension
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenos”

  • quatenus
  • quatenus
  • nullatenus
  • aliquatenus
  • tenus
  • eatenus
  • hactenus
  • tino
  • desatinar
  • atinar
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