Where does “tieso” come from?

tieso (Spanish) comes from Latin tensus, from Latin tendo, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tieso (Spanish): stiff, rigid; starched, formal; strong-willed

Definitions

  1. stiff, rigid; starched, formal; strong-willed

Ancestry of “tieso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintensusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended
2LatintendoI stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I...
3Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tieso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-