Where does “tendentiousness” come from?
tendentiousness (English) comes from English tendentious, from German tendenziös, from French tendancieux, from French tendance, from French -ance, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
tendentiousness (English): The characteristic of being tendentious
Definitions
- The characteristic of being tendentious
Ancestry of “tendentiousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tendentious | Having a tendency; written or spoken with a... |
| 2 | German | tendenziös | tendentious; biased |
| 3 | French | tendancieux | tendentious |
| 4 | French | tendance | tendency, propensity |
| 5 | French | -ance | ance; forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |