Where does “tendal” come from?

tendal (Spanish) comes from Spanish tienda, from Vulgar Latin tenda, from Latin tendita, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tendal (Spanish): clothesline

Definitions

  1. clothesline

Ancestry of “tendal”, step by step

tendal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish tienda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtiendashop, store; tent
2Vulgar Latintenda
3Latintendita
4Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
5Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
6Proto-Italictenēōto hold
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Spanish tender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtenderto tend to, to have a tendency; to spread, to...
2Old Spanishtender

Words derived from “tendal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-Every word from Proto-Italic tenēōEvery word from Latin teneō