myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of tensio

Etymology of the Latin word tensio

the Latin word tensio

derived from the Latin word tensus

derived from the Latin word tendere (to stretch; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; stretch, spread, extend)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-

derived from the Latin word tensum

derived from the Latin word tendere (to stretch; pitch tent, encamp; pull tight; stretch, spread, extend)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-

English tension, French tensif, French tension, Italian tensione, Portuguese tensão, Portuguese tesão, Spanish tesón, Spanish tensión, Spanish tensiómetro