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Spanish word tener comes from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-, and later Proto-Indo-European *tetóne (To be stretched, extended.)

*tengʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

tener (Latin)

(poetic) erotic. Effeminate, sensitive. Soft, delicate, tender. Young, youthful.

*tn̥-eh₁-(ye)- (Proto-Indo-European)

*tetóne (Proto-Indo-European)

To be stretched, extended.

*tenēō (Proto-Italic)

Hold.

tento (Latin)

I handle, touch.. I try, test.

tener (Spanish)

(transitive) to contain. (transitive) to have (a measure or age). (transitive) to have, feel (internally). (transitive) to have, possess. (transitive) to hold, grasp. (transitive) to make to feel. (transitive) to possess (a condition or quality). (used with que) To have to.

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