Where does “tenta” come from?

tenta (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenta (Vulgar Latin): tent; second-person singular present active...

Definitions

  1. tent; second-person singular present active...

Ancestry of “tenta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tenta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →