Where does “prétention” come from?
prétention (French) comes from Latin praetentus, 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.
prétention (French): pretentiousness; pretension; claim
Definitions
- pretentiousness; pretension; claim
Ancestry of “prétention”, step by step
prétention traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin praetentus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praetentus | — |
| 2 | Latin | praetendo | I stretch forth or forward; I extend; I spread... |
| 3 | Latin | tendo | I stretch, stretch out, distend, extend; I... |
| 4 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Late Latin praetensus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | praetensus | Having been stretched forth; having been... |
| 2 | Latin | praetendō | to stretch forth or forward; to extend |
| 3 | Latin | tendō | to stretch, stretch out, distend, extend |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τένων | tendon, sinew |