tenir
Norman
verb
Definitions
- to possess; to have
- to hold
Etymology
Inherited from Old French tenir inherited from Latin tenēre (hold, have).
Origin
Latin
tenēre
Gloss
hold, have
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
- *tenīre Latin
- tenēre Latin
- tenīre Latin
- tenere Italian
- tener Spanish, Castilian
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- maintenir Old French
- meintenir Old French
- tenant Old French
- tenir Old French
- ține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tenir Middle French
- tẽer Old Portuguese
- téner Occitan
- *tenēō Proto-Italic
- tener Asturian
- tiniri Sicilian
- tèniri Sicilian
- tegner Venetian
- tenar Dalmatian
- tni Walloon
- tene Neapolitan
- tené Neapolitan
- tener Aragonese