attineo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I bring or hold to or near.
- I hold fast, keep, detain, hold back, delay.
- I hold possession of, retain, occupy, preserve, keep, guard.
- I stretch or reach out to.
- (used in the third person) I belong to, pertain or relate to, concern.
- (used in the third person) I am useful or important.
Etymology
Affix from Latin teneō (hold, restrain, I hold, grasp).
Origin
Latin
teneō
Gloss
hold, restrain, I hold, grasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abstineo Latin
- appertineo 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
- transtineo Latin
- tegnente Italian
- tenere Italian
- teni Esperanto
- tsãn Aromanian