Etymology

tenace

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Today it means: An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen. Full definition →

Spanish tenaza ← Latin tenācēs
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenācēs
  2. Spanish · derived fromtenaza
  3. English todaytenace

Borrowed from French tenace, from Spanish tenaza, from earlier tenaces, from Latin tenācēs, from teneō (“hold, grasp”).

Words from the same roots

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