tenio

Latin

Etymology

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.

Verb

teniō (present infinitive tenīre, perfect active *tēnī, supine *tenūtum); fourth conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

1. Alternative form of teneō (“to have, to possess”)

Descendants

• see: teneō