Where does “tenement” come from?

Tenement comes from Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement, from Latin tenementum, derived from Latin teneo meaning to hold.

tenement (English): A building that is rented to multiple tenants,...

Definitions

  1. A building that is rented to multiple tenants,...

Ancestry of “tenement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtenement—
2Anglo-Normantenementholding
3Old Frenchtenementholding
4Latintenementum—
5Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
6Proto-Italictenēōto hold
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →