- contend
[contend 词源字典]
- contend: see tend
[contend etymology, contend origin, 英语词源] - contend (v.)
- mid-15c., from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Contended; contending.