retenir

Middle French

verb

Definitions

to keep; to retain

Etymology

Inherited from Old French retenir.

Origin

Old French

retenir

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

retain English
*retenīre Latin
*retino, *retinīre Latin
retineō Latin
retenir French
retenir Old French
reține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan