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Where does “tenta” come from?

tenta (Swedish) comes from Swedish tentamen, from Latin tentamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

tenta (Swedish): exam, examination; to take an exam

Definitions

  1. exam, examination; to take an exam

Ancestry of “tenta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtentamenan examination
2Latintentamenan attempt; a literary attempt: an essay
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

Words derived from “tenta”

  • extenta
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