*tenio etymology

Latin word *tenio comes from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-, and later Proto-Indo-European *tetóne (To be stretched, extended.)

Detailed word origin of *tenio

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*tengʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*tn̥-eh₁-(ye)- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*tetóne Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) To be stretched, extended.
*tenēō Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Hold.
tentare Latin (lat)
*tenio Latin (lat) (Vulgar Latin, Gallo-Romance) I have, possess.. (Vulgar Latin, Gallo-Romance) I hold.