praetendo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I stretch forth or forward; I extend.
- I spread before, hold out, place in front of.
- I put forward as an excuse, allege, pretend.
Etymology
Affix from Latin tendō (stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out).
Origin
Latin
tendō
Gloss
stretch, strive for, extend, contend, I stretch, distend, I stretch out, stretch out
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tendon English
- *tenda Latin
- *tenta Latin
- attendo Latin
- contendo Latin
- distendo Latin
- extendo Latin
- intendo Latin
- ostendo Latin
- pertendo Latin
- portendo Latin
- protendo Latin
- retendo Latin
- tendō Latin
- tensio Latin
- tenda Italian
- détente French
- tendon French
- τένων Ancient Greek
- tenze Czech
- tindă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tindu Aromanian
- tinde Friulian