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French word tenir comes from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-, and later Proto-Indo-European *tetóne (To be stretched, extended.)
*tengʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
tener (Latin)
(poetic) erotic. Effeminate, sensitive. Soft, delicate, tender. Young, youthful.
*tetóne (Proto-Indo-European)
To be stretched, extended.
*tenēō (Proto-Italic)
Hold.
teneo (Latin)
(of laws) I am binding on; bind, hold, obligate. (reflexive) I keep back, remain, stay, hold position. I comprise, contain, include, hold. I hold fast, restrain, detain, check, control; bind, fetter. I hold, have; grasp. I insist, uphold. I know, grasp, understand, conceive. I possess, occupy, control. I reach, attain; gain, acquire, obtain. I recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear [...]
*tenīre (Vulgar Latin)
*tenio (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin, Gallo-Romance) I have, possess.. (Vulgar Latin, Gallo-Romance) I hold.
tenir (Old French)
To hold. To possess; to have.
tenir (Middle French)
To hold.
tenir (French)
(followed by the preposition à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear. (intransitive) to stay; to hold. (reflexive) to behave. (reflexive) to hold oneself, to be standing. (reflexive) to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition. (reflexive, Quebec, slang) to hang out. (reflexive, uncommon) to hold on. (transitive) to have; to hold. [...]