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tendere
Latin · ancient
"to stretch"
to stretch, describing fabric stretched over poles for shelter
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tente
Old French · medieval
"a portable shelter of stretched fabric"
carried into French for a portable shelter of stretched fabric
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tent
English · 1200s
"a portable shelter made of fabric stretched over a frame"
settled as the English word for a portable fabric shelter
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