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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

  1. storekeeper; shopboy; salesman; male vendor

Ancestry of “tindero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtendero—
2Spanishtiendashop, store; tent
3Vulgar Latintenda—
4Latintendita—
5Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
6Latinteneō—
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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