tendon
English
/ˈtɛndən/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.
- (construction) A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tendō (stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out) derived from Ancient Greek τένων (tendon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τένων
Gloss
tendon
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endotendon English
- endotenon English
- epitenon English
- intertendon English
- intratendon English
- mesotendon English
- muscular English
- musculotendon English
- neotendon English
- paratendon English
- paratenon English
- peritendon English
- tendomuscular English
- tendonectomy English
- tendonitis English
- teno- English
- *tenda Latin
- *tenta Latin
- attendo Latin
- contendo Latin
- distendo Latin
- extendo Latin
- intendo Latin
- ostendo Latin
- pertendo Latin
- portendo Latin
- praetendo Latin
- protendo Latin
- retendo Latin
- tendō Latin
- tenon Latin
- tensio Latin
- tenōn Latin
- tenda Italian
- détente French
- tendon French
- τένων Ancient Greek
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- tenze Czech
- tendeno Esperanto
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tindu Aromanian
- tinde Friulian