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Definitions
- to hold, to keep (hold on to)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin teneō (hold, restrain, I hold, grasp) borrowed from Italian tenere borrowed from French tenir.
Origin
French
tenir
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- detain English
- abstineo Latin
- appertineo Latin
- attineo Latin
- circumteneo Latin
- contineo Latin
- detineo Latin
- distineo Latin
- manuteneo Latin
- obtineo Latin
- pertineo Latin
- retineo Latin
- rumpotinetum Latin
- sustineo Latin
- tenax Latin
- teneō Latin
- tenēre Latin
- transtineo Latin
- intrattenere Italian
- tegnente Italian
- tenere Italian
- tenibile Italian
- tenimento Italian
- tenitore Italian
- tenuta Italian
- trattenere Italian
- maintenir French
- tenir French
- tenon French
- tènement French
- tener Spanish, Castilian
- alteni Esperanto
- alteniĝi Esperanto
- de Esperanto
- deteni Esperanto
- elteni Esperanto
- enteni Esperanto
- reteni Esperanto
- sin Esperanto
- sinteno Esperanto
- tenilo Esperanto
- ŝraŭbi Esperanto
- ŝraŭbtenilo Esperanto
- tenar Ido
- tenegar Ido
- tenir Middle French
- tsãn Aromanian