Where does “tenez” come from?

tenez (French) comes from French tenir, from Middle French tenir, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenez (French): second-person plural present indicative of tenir;...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of tenir;...

Ancestry of “tenez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtenirto have; to hold
2Middle Frenchtenirto hold
3Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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