Where does “pretendress” come from?
pretendress (English) comes from English pretender, from English tender, from English tend, from Middle English tenden, from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō, from Latin ad- — in.
pretendress (English): female pretender
Definitions
- female pretender
Ancestry of “pretendress”, step by step
pretendress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pretender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pretender | A person who professes beliefs and opinions that... |
| 2 | English | tender | Sensitive or painful to the touch; Easily bruised... |
| 3 | English | tend | To make a tender of; to offer or tender; To be... |
| 4 | Middle English | tenden | To ignite; to light or set on fire |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |