myEtymology.com: French etymology of teneur

1. Etymology of the French word teneur

the French word teneur

Dutch tennis, Dutch tenor, Dutch teneur, English tennis, English tenor, French ténor, French tennis, German Tennis, Icelandic tennis, Icelandic tenór, Italian tenore, Lithuanian tenisas, Portuguese teor, Russian тeнниc, Spanish tenor, Swedish tennis, Swedish tenor, Yiddish tenis

derived from the French word teneur

derived from the Old French word tenir (to hold)

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

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