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Where does “manutentio” come from?

manutentio (Latin) comes from Latin manutenere, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “manutentio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanutenerepresent active infinitive of manūteneō; to...
2Latinteneō—
3Proto-Italictenēōto hold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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