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English word maintenance comes from Latin tentare, Latin manu, Latin manus tenere, and later Latin manuteneo ((Late Latin, Vulgar Latin) I support, maintain.)
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).
maintenance (Old French)
mayntenaunce (Middle English)
maintenance (English)
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.. (legal) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.. (legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.. (legal) Child support.. Actions performed to keep [...]