Etymograph

English

ambitendency

From ambi- + tendency, after German Ambitendenz.

Formed from ambi- + tendency

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

Proto-Italic *amβō

Latin ambo ‘both’

English ambi-

Medieval Latin tendens ‘extending’

Medieval Latin tendentia ‘the act of leaning toward’

English tendency

Today it means

noun Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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