Etymology of the English word tenderloin
the English word
tenderloinderived from the English word
loinderived from the Old French word
loignederived from the Classical Latin word
lumbus (loins; loins as the seat of sexual excitement)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
longiaderived from the Vulgar Latin word
lumbraderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*landwin-derived from the English word
sensederived from the Old French word
sensderived from the Latin word
sensus (feeling, sense)
derived from the Latin word
sentire (perceive, feel, experience)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sent-derived from the English word
tenderderived from the English word
tendderived from the Old French word
tendrederived from the Latin word
tendere (to stretch; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; stretch, spread, extend)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ten-derived from the Latin word
tener (tender; soft)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ten-Usage
Word found in Modern English
