英文词源
- tendency (n.)
- 1620s, from Medieval Latin tendentia "inclination, leaning," from Latin tendens, present participle of tendere "to stretch, extend, aim" (see tenet). Earlier in same sense was tendaunce (mid-15c.), from Old French tendance.
中文词源
词根词缀： -tend-延伸 + -ency名词词尾 → 伸向
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：tendency 词源，tendency 含义。
tend-,延伸，伸长，-ency,状态名词后缀。
tend-,延伸，伸长，-ency,状态名词后缀。
