Where does “pretensiveness” come from?
pretensiveness (English) comes from English pretensive, from Latin praetendere, from Latin praetendo, from Latin tendo, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
pretensiveness (English): The quality of being pretensive
Definitions
- The quality of being pretensive
Ancestry of “pretensiveness”, step by step
pretensiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pretensive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pretensive | Pretended; feigned |
| 2 | Latin | praetendere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | praetendo | I stretch forth or forward; I extend; I spread... |
| 4 | Latin | tendo | I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I... |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |