Where does “tendency” come from?
Tendency comes from Latin tendere, meaning to stretch or extend, derived from the root Latin teneo, meaning to hold.
tendency (English): A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or...
Definitions
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or...
Ancestry of “tendency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tendentia | The act of leaning toward; tendency, disposition,... |
| 2 | Latin | tendere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
Words derived from “tendency”