τείνω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to stretch, extend
- to spread
- to exert, push to the limit, strain
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *téňňō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tén-ye-ti, *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Gloss
stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attainable English
- detain English
- discountenance English
- entertainer English
- impertinent English
- incontinency English
- incontinently English
- maintainer English
- paratenic English
- retainer English
- retentiveness English
- retentivity English
- sustainment English
- tasis English
- tendon English
- teneral English
- tenesmic English
- tenesmus English
- tenure English
- tenurial English
- *tenda Latin
- *teneritia Latin
- *tenerus Latin
- *tenta Latin
- abstinentia Latin
- abstineo Latin
- abstineō Latin
- antenna Latin
- attendo Latin
- attingō Latin
- contendo Latin
- contentiō Latin
- continentia Latin
- contineo Latin
- continere Latin
- continēntem Latin
- continēre Latin
- detineo Latin
- distendo Latin
- extendo Latin
- incontinens Latin
- incontinentia Latin
- intendo Latin
- inter Latin
- manus tenere Latin
- manū Latin
- obtinēre Latin
- ostendo Latin
- pertendo Latin
- pertinens Latin
- pertineo Latin
- pertinere Latin
- pertineō Latin
- pertinēre, pertineo, pertineō Latin
- portendo Latin
- praetendo Latin
- protendo Latin
- retendo Latin
- retentiō, retentiōnis Latin
- retentor Latin
- retentus Latin
- retineo Latin
- retineō Latin
- sustinere Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- tendo Latin
- tendō Latin
- tener Latin
- tener, tenerum Latin
- teneritas Latin
- tenerum Latin
- tenet Latin
- tenimentum Latin
- tenor Latin
- tensio Latin
- tensiō, tensiōnem Latin
- tenēre Latin
- tetanus Latin
- tēnesmus Latin
- attendibilità Italian
- inattendibilità Italian
- tenda Italian
- tenzonare Italian
- détente French
- pertinence French
- tendon French
- πάλιν Ancient Greek
- παλίντονος Ancient Greek
- παρά Ancient Greek
- παρατείνω Ancient Greek
- τάσις Ancient Greek
- τένων Ancient Greek
- τέτανος Ancient Greek
- ταινία Ancient Greek
- τανύω Ancient Greek
- τατικός Ancient Greek
- τεινεσμός Ancient Greek
- τετανός Ancient Greek
- ἐκτείνω Ancient Greek
- ἔκτασις Ancient Greek
- ὑποτείνω Ancient Greek
- *stengh- : *stn̥gh- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tend- Proto-Indo-European
- *tenkt- Proto-Indo-European
- *tn̥néwti Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-tis, *téntis Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *tón-os, *tónos Proto-Indo-European
- *þanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *þindaną Proto-Germanic
- þennan Old English
- तनोति Sanskrit
- तान Sanskrit
- þenja Old Norse
- *teneto Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- tenze Czech
- entretenement Old French
- þenja Icelandic
- तनना Hindi
- तनाव Hindi
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ανατείνω Greek (modern)
- τάση Greek (modern)
- τείνω Greek (modern)
- tynnu Welsh
- stingrs Latvian
- թել Old Armenian
- lieutenant Middle French
- *tantā Proto-Celtic
- tindu Aromanian
- *tendō Proto-Italic
- *tenēō Proto-Italic
- *tonslis Proto-Italic
- tener Romansh
- tinde Friulian
- *tanáwti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *téňňō Proto-Hellenic
- *tə́tsis Proto-Hellenic