retenir
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to keep; to retain
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *retenīre, retinēre.
Origin
Latin
retinēre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- retain English
- retainability English
- retainable English
- retainage English
- retainal English
- retainer English
- retainest English
- retaineth English
- retainment English
- *retenīre Latin
- *retino, *retinīre Latin
- retineō Latin
- retinēre Latin
- ritenere Italian
- retenir French
- retener Spanish, Castilian
- reter Portuguese
- retenir Catalan, Valencian
- retenir Middle French
- retẽer Old Portuguese