Where does “tentation” come from?

tentation (Old French) comes from Latin tentatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Ancestry of “tentation”, step by step

tentation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tentatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintentatiotemptation; trial, proof
2Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
3Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Ecclesiastical Latin tentatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latintentatiotemptation; trial, proof

Words derived from “tentation

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-