Where does “nontenure” come from?
nontenure (English) comes from English tenure, from Middle English tenure, from Old French tenure, from Latin tenitura, from Latin tentus, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
nontenure (English): A defendant's plea that he/she did not hold the...
Definitions
- A defendant's plea that he/she did not hold the...
Ancestry of “nontenure”, step by step
nontenure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tenure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tenure | A status of possessing a thing or an office; an... |
| 2 | Middle English | tenure | Alternative form of tenour |
| 3 | Old French | tenure | tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system) |
| 4 | Latin | tenitura | — |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |