Where does “retenir” come from?

retenir (Old French) comes from Latin retinīre, from Latin retinēre, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

retenir (Old French): to keep; to retain

Definitions

  1. to keep; to retain

Ancestry of “retenir”, step by step

retenir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin retinīre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinretinīre—
2Latinretinēre—
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Vulgar Latin retenire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinretenire—
2Latinretineōto keep or hold back, detain, restrain, retain, confine, contain; delay
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold

Words derived from “retenir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →