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Where does “tendero” come from?

tendero (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.

Ancestry of “tendero”, step by step

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