Proto-Indo-European

*tenh₂-

‘to stretch, extend’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂-.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂-, most familiar first.

• thin ← thinne ← þynne ← *þunnī ← *þunnuz
• extenuating ← ex ← tenuō ← tenuis ← *tən(a)us
• tenuis ← *tən(a)us ← *ténh₂us
• extenuate ← extenuat ← extenuātus ← extenuō ← tenuō
• extenuation ← extenuātiō ← extenuō ← tenuō ← tenuis
• tenuity ← tenuitas ← tenuis ← *tən(a)us ← *ténh₂us
• tenuate ← tenuatus ← tenuō ← tenuis ← *tən(a)us
• tenuinucellate ← tenuis ← *tən(a)us ← *ténh₂us

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂-