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Confidence votes 319K. The French to English translation for the word 'detente' is 'relaxation'. The word can also mean lessening, thaw, or trigger. There is also a detente in Spanish, which can mean detain, arrest, or restrain.
; see deik-in Indo-European roots .]. Word History: Ditto originally comes from the Latin word dictus, having been said, the past participle of the verb dÄ«cere, to say.. In Italian dÄ«cere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto.