Etymology

tensionless

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Today it means: Having no tension Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English tension
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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. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  11. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  13. English todaytensionless

From tension + -less.

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