Latin

tendō

‘stretch, extend’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin tendō.

60 English words in this record descend from Latin tendō, most familiar first.

• attention ← attencioun ← attentiō ← attendō
• tend ← tenden ← tendre ← tendre
• extensive ← extensīvus ← extensus ← extendō
• extent ← extente ← extente ← extendō
• extension ← extensioun ← estension ← extensiō ← extendō
• extend ← extenden ← extendre ← extendō
• intention ← entencioun ← entention ← entencion ← intentiō
• pretend ← pretendre ← praetendō
• tension ← tēnsiō
• attendance ← atendance ← atendre ← attendo
• intend ← intenden ← entendre ← intendo
• tender ← tendren ← tendre

More words from tendō

• tense
• contention
• intentional
• contend
• hypertension
• tempt
• tensor
• pretense
• tensile
• entente
• extensible
• hypotension
• inattention
• entendre
• pretension
• portent
• détente
• portend
• detent
• tensioner
• intension
• tienda
• tenter
• distend
• tendinous
• tensional
• tentorium
• antitension
• entend
• intentive
• obtend
• pretendant
• protensive
• protension
• pretendent
• pretensive
• preterintentional
• stendo
• tentigo
• tensity
• tensionless
• tentory
• tensure
• tentiginous
• tenside
• thermotension
• toise
• toesa
• attend
• intense

Etymograph / Latin tendō