Where does “tent” come from?

tent (Scots) comes from Middle English tenthe, from Middle English tithe, from Old English teoþa, from Proto-West Germanic tehundō, from Proto-Germanic tehundô — tenth.

tent (Scots): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “tent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtenthetenth
2Middle Englishtithetenth
3Old Englishteoþatenth
4Proto-West Germanictehundōtenth
5Proto-Germanictehundôtenth
Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →