entretenir
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to maintain; to look after
Etymology
Inherited from Old French entretenir.
Origin
Old French
entretenir
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- entertain English
- inter Latin
- entretenir French
- entretenir Old French
- întreține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- entretenement Middle French