Where does “tenement” come from?

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

tenement (Old French): holding

Definitions

  1. holding

Ancestry of “tenement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenementum—
2Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
3Proto-Italictenēōto hold
4Proto-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 →