Etymology

continue

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Today it means: To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). Full definition →

Middle English continuen ← Old French continuer ← Latin continuō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ten-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
  8. Proto-Italic*tenēō
  9. Latinteneō
  10. Latincontin(eō)
  11. Latincontinuus
  12. Latincontinuō
  13. Old Frenchcontinuer
  14. Middle Englishcontinuen
  15. English todaycontinue

From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuō. Displaced native Middle English thurghwonen, from Old English þurhwunian.

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