Where does “tenure” come from?

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

tenure (Old French): tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)

Definitions

  1. tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)

Ancestry of “tenure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintenitura—
2Latintentusstretched; stretched out; extended; distended;...
3Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “tenure”

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