Etymology

tenuis

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Today it means: Of Greek consonants, neither aspirated nor voiced, as [p], [t], Full definition →

Latin tenuis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromtenuis“thin, fine; weak”
  2. English todaytenuis

Unadapted borrowing from Latin tenuis (“thin, fine; weak”). Doublet of thin.

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