Where does “tindero” come from?
tindero (Tagalog) comes from Spanish tendero, 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.
tindero (Tagalog): storekeeper; shopboy; salesman; male vendor
Definitions
- storekeeper; shopboy; salesman; male vendor
Ancestry of “tindero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tendero | — |
| 2 | Spanish | tienda | shop, store; tent |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tenda | — |
| 4 | Latin | tendita | — |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |