Where does “tenureless” come from?
tenureless (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.
tenureless (English): Without academic tenure
Ancestry of “tenureless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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; holding ; estate; tenure, right of... |
| 4 | Latin | tenitura | — |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |