Where does “outpretend” come from?
outpretend (English) comes from English pretend, from Anglo-Norman pretendre, from Latin praetendere, from Latin praetendo, from Latin tendo, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō — to stretch, to extend.
outpretend (English): To surpass in pretending
Definitions
- To surpass in pretending
Ancestry of “outpretend”, step by step
outpretend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pretend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pretend | To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | pretendre | to claim |
| 3 | Latin | praetendere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | praetendo | I stretch forth or forward; I extend; I spread... |
| 5 | Latin | tendo | I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I... |
| 6 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 7 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |