English
pretenseless
From pretense + -less.
Formed from pretense + -less
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 Not having or making pretenses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pretenseless