Ancient Greek
τείνω
‘to stretch’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek τείνω.
13 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek τείνω, most familiar first.
- tone ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος
- titanium ← Tītān ← Τῑτᾱ́ν ← τιταίνω
- tetanus ← τέτανος
- hypotenuse ← hypotenusa ← ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά ← ὑποτείνουσα ← ὑποτείνω
- tenesmus ← τεινεσμός
- atony ← atonia ← ἀτονία ← ἄτονος ← τόνος
- entasis ← ἔντασις ← ἐντείνω
- ektenia ← ἐκτένεια ← ἐκτενής ← ἐκτείνω
- ektenes ← ἐκτενής ← ἐκτείνω
- entonic ← ἔντονος
- paratenic
- teinoscope
More words from τείνω
Etymograph / Ancient Greek τείνω