Where does “tenement” come from?

tenement (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman tenement, from Old French tenement, from Latin tenementum, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

Ancestry of “tenement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normantenementholding
2Old Frenchtenementholding
3Latintenementum—
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenement”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →