Tenna

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proper noun

A river in Marche.

OriginItalian Tenna ← Latin Tinna ← Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n- →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in Marche.

Origin

  1. Italic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*th₂i-n-
  3. LatinTinna
  4. ItalianTenna
  5. EnglishTenna

Borrowed from Italian Tenna, from Latin Tinna, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n-, from an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”), via an unknown source language, perhaps Italic; compare Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Teign.

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APA

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Chicago

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