tenio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Classical teneō, with extensive influence from veniō (“come”, which would have sounded similar once unstressed prevocalic /e/ and /i/ both turned to /j/). Attested in the Formulae Marculfi.[1]
Verb edit
teniō (present infinitive tenīre, perfect active *tēnī, supine *tenūtum); fourth conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)
- Alternative form of teneō (“to have, to possess”)
Descendants edit
- see: teneō
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tĕnēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: T–Ti, page 223.