Where does “tenuitate” come from?

tenuitate (Romanian) comes from French ténuité, from Latin tenuitas, from Latin tenuis, from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenuitate (Romanian): subtlety

Definitions

  1. subtlety

Ancestry of “tenuitate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchténuitésubtlety
2Latintenuitasthinness, fineness; poverty; frugality
3Latintenuisthin, fine, slender; weak, watery; slight,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanténh₂usthin
5Proto-Indo-Europeantenh₂-to stretch, to extend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us →