contentio.
stretching, tension; strenuous exercise (physical/mental); comparison (of ADJ); competition, struggle, effort, exertion; controversy, contention, contrast; |raising voice, speaking passionately/vigorously/formally; intensification;
Meaning & usage
stretching, tension
competition, rivalry
struggle, effort
controversy, contention, dispute
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin contendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin contentiō From contendō + -tiō.
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