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La Tène
La Tène comes from French La Tène, from Latin tenuis ‘shallow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- ‘to stretch, extend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch, extend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ténh₂us‘thin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tən(a)usareconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenuis‘shallow’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLa Tène
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch, extend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ténh₂us‘thin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tən(a)usareconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenuis‘shallow’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLa Tène
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us ‘thin’
through Latin tenuis ‘shallow’
Today it means
name A Swiss commune.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- / La Tène