myEtymology.com: English etymology of retaining

Etymology of the English word retaining

the English word retaining

derived from the English word retain

derived from the Old French word retenir

derived from the Latin word retinere (hold back, restrain; uphold)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Medieval Latin word tenere (hold, keep; comprehend; represent; support)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-