sustenir
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to hold up; to support
- (by extension) to support; to sustain
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *sustenīre, sustinēre.
Origin
Latin
sustinēre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sustain English
- *sustenīre Latin
- sustineo Latin
- sustinēre Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- teneō Latin
- sostenere Italian
- soutenir French
- sostener Spanish, Castilian
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- susteinen Middle English
- soustenir Old French
- sostenir Catalan, Valencian
- soutenir Norman
- soubtenir Middle French
- sostẽer Old Portuguese
- sostener Asturian
- sustenir Ladin