Where does “tenant” come from?
tenant (Old French) comes from Latin tenens, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenant (Old French): holder; possessor ; tenant; holder; owner
Definitions
- holder; possessor ; tenant; holder; owner
Ancestry of “tenant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tenens | holding, having; restraining; knowing, grasping,... |
| 2 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tenant”