Where does “pretensionless” come from?
pretensionless (English) comes from English pretension, from English tension, from Middle French tension, from Latin tensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pretensionless (English): Free from pretensions
Definitions
- Free from pretensions
Ancestry of “pretensionless”, step by step
pretensionless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pretension
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pretension | A claim or aspiration to a particular status or... |
| 2 | English | tension | The condition of being held in a state between... |
| 3 | Middle French | tension | — |
| 4 | Latin | tensiō | stretching, stretching out, extension |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |