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English word maintain comes from Latin tentare, Latin manu, Latin manus tenere, and later Latin manuteneo ((Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) I support, maintain.)
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tentare (Latin)
manu (Latin)
manus tenere (Latin)
manuteneo (Late Latin)
manuteneo (Latin)
(Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) I support, maintain.
maintenir (Old French)
To maintain (to keep the same).
maintain (English)
(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19thc.]. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15thc.]. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14thc.].