Where does “tenement” come from?
tenement (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French tenement, from Latin tenementum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenement (Anglo-Norman): holding
Definitions
- holding
Ancestry of “tenement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tenement | holding |
| 2 | Latin | tenementum | — |
| 3 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |