Tend

Morpheme

Tend

Type

bound base

Denotation

sinew, tough band of flexible inelastic fibrous collagen tissue

Etymology

French tendon; Medieval Latin tendō (spelling influenced by tendere); Ancient Greek ténōn

Evidence

endotendon, intertendon, intratendon, mesotendon, midtendon, musculotendon, neotendon, paratendon, peritendon, subtendon, tendon, tendonectomy, tendonitis, tendons, tendony

Notes

tendon and -tenon are doublets