Where does “antenă” come from?

antenă (Romanian) comes from French antenne, from Middle French antenne, from Old French antaine, from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

antenă (Romanian): antenna

Definitions

  1. antenna

Ancestry of “antenă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchantenneantenna; branch, outlet
2Middle Frenchantenne—
3Old Frenchantaine—
4Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
5Proto-Italicantitempnā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic antitempnā →Every word from Latin antenna →