tenu
thin, slender
Latin · tenuis
Tenu words come from the Latin word for thin. Something tenuous is thin and weak, to attenuate is to make thinner or weaker, and to extenuate is to make a fault seem thinner.
Memory trick
Tenu is thin: a tenuous thread can barely hold anything.
Words from this root
- tenuity (tenu + ity) — thinness; weaknessपतलापन; कमज़ोरी
- tenuous (tenu + ous) — thin, weak, slightपतला, कमज़ोर, हल्का
- tenuously (tenuous + ly) — in a weak, thin wayकमज़ोर ढंग से
- tenuousness (tenuous + ness) — thinness or weaknessपतलापन या कमज़ोरी
- attenuate (at + tenu + ate) — to make thinner or weakerपतला या कमज़ोर करना
- extenuate (ex + tenu + ate) — to lessen the blame ofदोष कम करना
- extenuating (extenuate + ing) — that lessens blameदोष कम करने वाला