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Latin word tener comes from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-
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tener
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*tengʰ-
Proto-Indo-European
(ine-pro)
tener
Latin
(lat)
(poetic) erotic. Effeminate, sensitive. Soft, delicate, tender. Young, youthful.