Etymology

tenacle

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Today it means: A stalk or shoot by which a plant holds itself up, or by which climbing plants attach themselves to surfaces. Full definition →

Latin tenaculum
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  1. Latin · derived fromtenaculum
  2. English todaytenacle

From Latin tenaculum, from tenere (“to hold”).

Words from the same roots

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