Where does “นักเทนนิส” come from?
นักเทนนิส (Thai) comes from Thai เทนนิส, from English tennis, from Old French tenez, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
นักเทนนิส (Thai): tennis player
Ancestry of “นักเทนนิส”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Thai | เทนนิส | tennis |
| 2 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players , who alternately... |
| 3 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |