Where does “tenancy” come from?
Tenancy derives from English tenant, from Latin tenēns (one who holds), from Latin teneō (to hold), ultimately from Ancient Greek -ία.
tenancy (English): The occupancy of property, etc., under a lease,...
Definitions
- The occupancy of property, etc., under a lease,...
Ancestry of “tenancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tenant | One who pays a fee in return for the use of... |
| 2 | Middle English | tenaunt | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | tenaunt | Alternative form of tenant; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old French | tenant | holder |
| 5 | Latin | tenens | holding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |