Where does “tenez” come from?
tenez (Old French) comes from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
tenez (Old French): second-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of tenir;...
Ancestry of “tenez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 2 | Latin | teneō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
Words derived from “tenez”