Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*tend-
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *tend-, most common first.
- intensiveDone with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- intenseOf a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
- portentousPortending or predicting that something will happen; foreshadowing; especially, portending an evil or unfortunate thing; ominous, threatening.
- détenteRelaxing of tension, especially between countries; (countable) an instance of this.
- ostentTo make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.