maintenir
French
verb
Definitions
- to maintain
- to stick to
- (reflexive) to stay fair
- (reflexive) to persist
- (reflexive) to keep up
Etymology
Inherited from Old French maintenir inherited from Latin manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō, manū (with the hand, by hand) compound from French main (hand) + French tenir.
Origin
French
tenir
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maintain English
- maintainability English
- maintainable English
- maintainest English
- maintaineth English
- maintenance English
- undermaintain English
- with the manner English
- manus Latin
- manuteneo Latin
- manuteneō Latin
- manū Latin
- manūteneō Latin
- manūtenēre, manuteneo Latin
- manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō Latin
- mano Italian
- mantenere Italian
- mantenibile Italian
- mantenimento Italian
- tenere Italian
- arrière-main French
- avant-main French
- baisemain French
- bonne-main French
- main French
- maintenance French
- maintenant French
- mainteneur French
- manette French
- menotte French
- tenant French
- tenir French
- tenon French
- tènement French
- mantener Spanish, Castilian
- mantenimiento Spanish, Castilian
- manuscrito Spanish, Castilian
- tener Spanish, Castilian
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- manter Portuguese
- mantimento Portuguese
- main Old French
- maintenement Old French
- maintenir Old French
- tenir Old French
- mentenanță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- menține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- menținere Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mantinir Cebuano
- mintin Cebuano
- mintinar Cebuano
- mantenar Ido
- hanthaben Middle High German
- main Middle French
- tenir Middle French
- manteer Old Portuguese
- mantener Asturian
- mantegner Venetian
- mantener Ladino
- men Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lame Mauritian Creole
- men Louisiana Creole French
- manti Guinea-Bissau Creole