Where does “tenements” come from?

tenements (English) comes from English tenement, from Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement, from Old French tenement, from Latin tenementum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenements (English): plural of tenement

Definitions

  1. plural of tenement

Ancestry of “tenements”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtenementA building that is rented to multiple tenants,...
2Middle Englishtenement—
3Anglo-Normantenementholding
4Old Frenchtenementholding
5Latintenementum—
6Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →
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