Etymograph

English

tensification

From tense + -ification.

Formed from tense + -ification

Proto-Indo-European *temp- ‘to stretch, string’

Proto-Italic *tempos ‘stretch’

Latin tempus ‘a time’

Old French tens

Middle English tens

English tense

Today it means

noun The process by which a consonant becomes tense, as in Korean.

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

Etymograph / tensification