tenement

The story

1. Latin · derived fromteneō“hold”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromtenimentum
3. Old French · derived fromtenement
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtenement“holding”
5. Middle English · inherited fromtenement
6. English todaytenement

From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).