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
Ancestry of “pretendress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Middle English | attenden | to attend |
| 6 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 7 | Latin | attendō | — |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 10 | Latin | în | — |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |