Etymology

tensioner

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Today it means: Any device that maintains or applies tension Full definition →

English tension ← Middle French tension ← Latin tēnsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tend-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
  4. Proto-Italic*tendō
  5. Latintendō
  6. Latintēnsiō
  7. Middle Frenchtension
  8. Englishtension
  9. English todaytensioner

From tension + -er.

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