Etymology

tenible

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Today it means: Capable of being held; holdable. Full definition →

Latin *tenibilis
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  1. Latin · derived from*tenibilis
  2. English todaytenible

As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“to hold, to retain”). Compare tenable, docible.

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