Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Word Parts - ten, tain


ten, tain - hold

contain - to hold or hold back; tenacity - condition of holding on to something firmly; retain - to hold or keep in one place; content - something that is contained.

And for you:
detain, contentious, contend, intensity

4 comments:

  1. maintain, maintenance

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  2. tenant, untenanted, tenable, untenable, tenacious, contented, discontented, contentment, intention, retentive

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  3. an amature etymologistFebruary 10, 2010 at 7:24 AM

    You also forgot tent-, tin-, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence as they are all latin meaning to hold, grasp, have. So here’s some other words:
    abstain, abstention, abstinence, discontinue, impertinence, obtain, pertinacious, rein, tenure, and untenable.

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  4. an amature etymologistFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM

    appertain, attentive, containment, continuance, continuity, continuum, detain, detainee, detention, incontinent, entertain, retinue, sustain, sustainable

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