Etymology of the English word tennis
the English word
tennisderived from the Anglo-French word
tenetzderived from the Anglo-Norman word
tenetzderived from the Old French word
tenezDate
The earliest known usage of tennis in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in other languages
Romanian
tenisCognates
Dutch
tennis, Dutch
tenor, Dutch
teneur, English
tenor, French
ténor, French
tennis, French
teneur, German
Tennis, Icelandic
tennis, Icelandic
tenór, Italian
tenore, Lithuanian
tenisas, Portuguese
teor, Russian
тeнниc, Spanish
tenor, Swedish
tennis, Swedish
tenor, Yiddish
tenisUsage
Word found in Modern English
