Etymology

hypertension

hy·per·ten·sion
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Today it means: A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid. Full definition →

English tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  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 todayhypertension

From hyper- + tension.

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