detineo.
to hold or keep off or back, detain, check
Meaning & usage
to hold or keep off or back, detain, check
to delay, hinder, lengthen; occupy, engage, stop
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin dētineō From dē- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
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