Proto-Indo-European

*ten-

‘to stretch, draw’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ten-.

113 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ten-, most familiar first.

• continue ← continuen ← continuer ← continuō ← continuus
• content ← contenten ← contentus#Etymology_2 ← contineō ← teneō
• entertainment ← entretenement ← entretenement
• tight ← *þiht ← *þį̄ht(ī) ← *þinhtaz ← *tenkt-
• maintenance ← mayntenaunce ← maintenir ← manus tenēre
• contain ← conteinen ← contenir ← continēre ← contineō
• tone ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← τείνω
• obtain ← obteinen ← obtenir ← obtinēre ← tenēre
• tennis ← tennys ← tenir ← tenīre ← teneo
• ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← *tónos ← *tón-os
• tune ← ton ← tonus ← τόνος ← *tónos
• continuous ← continuus ← contineō ← teneō ← *tenēō

More words from *ten-

• retain
• tender
• continent
• container
• detention
• sustain
• retention
• tenant
• continuum
• tenor
• tonic
• rein
• pertinent
• pristine
• tendon
• detain
• abstinence
• tenacity
• abstain
• tenacious
• tenet
• sustenance
• incontinence
• countenance
• pertain
• tetanus
• tenement
• retinue
• tantra
• impertinent
• abstention
• tenable
• maintainer
• incontinent
• tendinitis
• retentive
• hypotenuse
• peritoneum
• continence
• abstinent
• detainer
• hypotonia
• ecotone
• taenia
• intone
• tonus
• retinaculum
• tendinous
• hypertonia
• appurtenance
• tenent
• appertain
• atonia
• tenesmus
• detinue
• pertinacious
• atony
• entasis
• tenace
• abstinency
• chirotony
• discountenance
• ektenia
• ektenes
• entonic
• endotenon
• epitenon
• incontinency
• intenerate
• intenible
• obtention
• obtension
• oxytone
• paratenic
• paratenon
• pertinency
• pertinaciously
• pertinacy
• souteneur
• syntony
• taeniodont
• taeniasis
• taenicide
• taenifuge
• tasis
• taenioid
• taeniform
• tasimeter
• taenidium
• taeniola
• tanycyte
• taeniopterygid
• tanylobous
• teinoscope
• tenonectomy
• teneral
• tenaculum
• tenible
• tenorino
• tenerity
• tonos
• tend
• attend

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ten-