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tenor.

course, tenor; sustained and even course of movement;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtɛ.nɔr]Classical-Latin[ˈtɛː.nor]
  1. a sustained, continuous course or movement, a continuity of events, conditions etc. or way of proceeding

    declension-3 · masculine
  2. a line of reasoning, point, gist of an utterance in so far as it decides legal questions whether individually or generally, a provision (either its wording or its meaning)

    declension-3 · masculine
  3. a tone (of sound or color); stress (of the voice)

    declension-3 · masculine
  4. a seisin

    Medieval-Latin · declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin tenor From teneō (“to hold”) + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).

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