Where does “tenet” come from?

Tenet comes from Latin tenet, the third-person singular present form of Latin teneo, from Proto-Italic tenēō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ten-.

tenet (English): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as...

Definitions

  1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as...

Ancestry of “tenet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenetthird-person singular present active indicative...
2Latinteneoto hold, have; grasp; to possess, occupy,...
3Proto-Italictenēōto hold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneo →