tendo.
to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
Meaning & usage
to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
to direct oneself or one's course; to aim, strive, go, travel, march, tend, bend one's course in any direction
to go, proceed, extend, stretch
to aim, strive, be directed or inclined, to tend in any direction
to exert oneself, to strive, endeavor
to exert oneself in opposition, to strive, try, endeavor, contend
to set up tents, to be under tents, be encamped, to encamp
to speak to somebody
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō From Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ténd-e-ti, thematic root present of *tend-, d-extension of *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Sihler traces the /d/ back to the ordinary present suffix -ye in position after *n (cf. offendō, dēfendō from *gʷʰen-ye-). Cognates include Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō), Sanskrit तनोति (tanóti) and Old English þennan. The perfect stem, tetend-, is a combination of the present stem tend- and the Proto-Italic perfect stem teton-.
tendon
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “sinew, tendon”), with spelling influenced by tendō (verb). Doublet of tenōn which was borrowed earlier.
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