Latin

teneō

‘to hold’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin teneō.

49 English words in this record descend from Latin teneō, most familiar first.

• continue ← continuen ← continuer ← continuō ← continuus
• content ← contenten ← contentus#Etymology_2 ← contineō
• contain ← conteinen ← contenir ← continēre ← contineō
• tennis ← tennys ← tenir ← tenīre
• continuous ← continuus ← contineō
• retain ← reteinen ← reteiner ← retenir ← *retinīre
• continent ← continens ← contineō
• container ← conteiner ← conteinen ← contenir ← continēre
• detention ← detentio ← dētineō
• sustain ← susteinen ← sustenir ← *sustenīre ← sustineō
• retention ← retencioun ← retentiō ← retentus ← retineō
• tenant ← tenaunt ← tenaunt

More words from teneō

• continuum
• tenor
• rein
• detain
• abstinence
• tenacity
• abstain
• tenet
• sustenance
• incontinence
• pertain
• tenement
• retinue
• abstention
• tenable
• incontinent
• continence
• abstinent
• detainer
• retinaculum
• appurtenance
• tenent
• appertain
• detinue
• pertinacious
• tenace
• abstinency
• incontinency
• intenible
• obtention
• obtension
• pertinency
• pertinaciously
• pertinacy
• souteneur
• tenible
• tenorino
• obtain

Etymograph / Latin teneō