Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
‘to stretch, draw’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ten-.
113 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ten-, most familiar first.
- continue ← continuen ← continuer ← continuō ← continuus
- content ← contenten ← contentus#Etymology_2 ← contineō ← teneō
- entertainment ← entretenement ← entretenement
- tight ← *þiht ← *þį̄ht(ī) ← *þinhtaz ← *tenkt-
- maintenance ← mayntenaunce ← maintenir ← manus tenēre
- contain ← conteinen ← contenir ← continēre ← contineō
- tone ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← τείνω
- obtain ← obteinen ← obtenir ← obtinēre ← tenēre
- tennis ← tennys ← tenir ← tenīre ← teneo
- ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← *tónos ← *tón-os
- tune ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← *tónos
- continuous ← continuus ← contineō ← teneō ← *tenēō
More words from *ten-
- retain
- tender
- continent
- container
- detention
- sustain
- retention
- tenant
- continuum
- tenor
- tonic
- rein
- pertinent
- pristine
- tendon
- detain
- abstinence
- tenacity
- abstain
- tenacious
- tenet
- sustenance
- incontinence
- countenance
- pertain
- tetanus
- tenement
- retinue
- tantra
- impertinent
- abstention
- tenable
- maintainer
- incontinent
- tendinitis
- retentive
- hypotenuse
- peritoneum
- continence
- abstinent
- detainer
- hypotonia
- ecotone
- taenia
- intone
- tonus
- retinaculum
- tendinous
- hypertonia
- appurtenance
- tenent
- appertain
- atonia
- tenesmus
- detinue
- pertinacious
- atony
- entasis
- tenace
- abstinency
- chirotony
- discountenance
- ektenia
- ektenes
- entonic
- endotenon
- epitenon
- incontinency
- intenerate
- intenible
- obtention
- obtension
- oxytone
- paratenic
- paratenon
- pertinency
- pertinaciously
- pertinacy
- souteneur
- syntony
- taeniodont
- taeniasis
- taenicide
- taenifuge
- tasis
- taenioid
- taeniform
- tasimeter
- taenidium
- taeniola
- tanycyte
- taeniopterygid
- tanylobous
- teinoscope
- tenonectomy
- teneral
- tenaculum
- tenible
- tenorino
- tenerity
- tonos
- tend
- attend
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ten-