Where does “pretensione” come from?
pretensione (Italian) comes from Italian tensione, from Latin tensiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pretensione (Italian): pretension, claim; overconfidence;...
Definitions
- pretension, claim; overconfidence;...
Ancestry of “pretensione”, step by step
pretensione traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian tensione
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tensione | tension, suspense; stress; pressure |
| 2 | Latin | tensiō | stretching, stretching out, extension |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin praetensio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praetensio | — |
| 2 | Latin | praetendō | to stretch forth or forward; to extend |
| 3 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |