Talk:contend

merge etymology with contentious?

the definitions shown here are very similar to the definitions of contentious, but this etymology is very different. There probably is a historic link from a prior period of time, but the etymology for contentious is much more clearly related to this word contend than this etymology is:

From Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, perverse”), from contentiō (“contention”), from contendere, past participle contentus (“to contend”). Equivalent to English contention + -ous. 2603:8001:D3F0:87E0:0:0:0:10D0 23:39, 6 March 2023 (UTC)