Where does “tenar” come from?

tenar (Ido) comes from Esperanto teni, 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.

tenar (Ido): to hold

Definitions

  1. to hold

Ancestry of “tenar”, step by step

tenar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto teni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotenito hold, to keep
2Frenchtenirto have; to hold
3Middle Frenchtenirto hold
4Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
5Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
6Proto-Italictenēōto hold
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Spanish tener

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtenerto have, possess; to have, possess, to be; to...
2Old Spanishtenerto have; to possess

Words derived from “tenar”

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