Where does “Tendenzmeinung” come from?

Tendenzmeinung (German) comes from German Tendenz, from French tendence, from Latin tendēns, from Latin tendō, from Ancient Greek τένων, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Tendenzmeinung (German): tendentious opinion

Definitions

  1. tendentious opinion

Ancestry of “Tendenzmeinung”, step by step

Tendenzmeinung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tendenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTendenztendency
2Frenchtendence—
3Latintendēnsextending
4Latintendōto stretch, stretch out, distend, extend
5Ancient Greekτένωνtendon, sinew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via German Meinung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeinungopinion
2Chinese美濃Meinong District Hakka district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3Japanese^みの—
4ChineseMì-nùng—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Ancient Greek τένων →Every word from Latin tendō →