Proto-Italic

*tendō

‘to stretch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *tendō.

57 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *tendō, most familiar first.

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

More words from *tendō

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *tendō