English
hypotension
Hypotension comes from Latin tēnsiō ‘stretching, stretching out, extension’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *téndeti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendō1‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendō1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtēnsiō1‘stretching, stretching out, extension’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tension1
- English1500–presenttension1
- Englishtodayhypotension1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English hypotension
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*téndetiWiktionary, English hypotensionreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tendōWiktionary, English hypotension‘to stretch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtendōWiktionary, English hypotension
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtēnsiōWiktionary, English hypotension‘stretching, stretching out, extension’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tensionWiktionary, English hypotension
- English1500–presenttensionWiktionary, English hypotension
- EnglishtodayhypotensionWiktionary, English hypotension
A compound of *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’ + *tend- ‘to stretch, extend’
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’
Proto-Indo-European *tend- ‘to stretch, extend’
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *tendō ‘to stretch’
pretend, extend, attendance, intend, tender, intentional, contend, pretense, entendre, inattention, portend, 28 more
through Latin tendō
attention, tend, extent, extensive, intention, extension, tense, contention, tempt, tensor, tensile, entente, extensible, portent, detent, 41 more
through English tension
Today it means
noun The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “hypotension”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *téndeti / hypotension