tenere

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Latin word tenere 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.

tentare (Latin)

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