Where does “bitension” come from?

bitension (French) comes from French tension, from Middle French tension, from Latin tensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

bitension (French): twin-voltage

Definitions

  1. twin-voltage

Ancestry of “bitension”, step by step

bitension traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tension

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtensiontension; blood pressure; voltage
2Middle Frenchtension
3Latintensiōstretching, stretching out, extension
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Spanish tensión

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtensióntension, tenseness, stress, strain; voltage
2Latintensionemaccusative singular of tēnsiō
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-