Etymology

hypotension

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Today it means: The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure. Full definition →

English tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  8. Proto-Italic*tendō
  9. Latintendō
  10. Latintēnsiō
  11. Middle Frenchtension
  12. Englishtension
  13. English todayhypotension

From hypo- + tension.

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