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.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Proto-Western-Romance) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɲɲo/

Verb

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

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

Descendants

(Many extended /ɲ/ from rhizotonic conjugations to the infinitive; hence Lombard tegnì /teˈɲi/, etc.)

  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Lombard: tegnì
      • Old Ligurian: tegnir
      • Piedmontese: tnì
    • Friulian: tignî
    • Romansch: tgnair
    • Old Venetian: tignir (Treviso)
  • Gallo-Romance:

References
  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tĕnēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 13: T–Ti, page 223.
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