English
pretensed
From pretense + -ed.
Formed from pretense + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
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Latin tendō ‘to stretch’
Latin praetendō ‘to pretend’
Late Latin praetēnsus ‘having been stretched forth’
Middle French pretensse
English pretense
Today it means
adj pretend; fake
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pretensed