sustineo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I hold up or upright, uphold, keep up, bear up, support, sustain, tolerate.
- I hold or keep back or in, stay, check, restrain, control.
- I keep back, put off, defer, delay.
- I uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve; guard, protect.
- I undergo, endure, deign, withstand, hold out.
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
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sustenīre Latin
- abstineo Latin
- appertineo Latin
- attineo Latin
- circumteneo Latin
- contineo Latin
- detineo Latin
- distineo Latin
- manuteneo Latin
- obtineo Latin
- pertineo Latin
- retineo Latin
- rumpotinetum Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- tenax Latin
- teneō Latin
- transtineo Latin
- tegnente Italian
- tenere Italian
- susteinen Middle English
- sustenir Old French
- teni Esperanto
- soutenir Norman
- soubtenir Middle French
- tsãn Aromanian