Etymology

antitension

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Today it means: Countering muscular tension. Full definition →

English tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  10. Proto-Italic*tendō
  11. Latintendō
  12. Latintēnsiō
  13. Middle Frenchtension
  14. Englishtension
  15. English todayantitension

From anti- + tension.

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