ten / tain root meaning
The ten / tain root means hold or keep.
Words with the ten / tain root
- abstain: to hold back from doing or taking something
- contain: to hold inside
- content: satisfied; also something held inside
- contented: satisfied or at peace
- detain: to hold back
- discontent: dissatisfaction or unrest
- impertinent: rude or not properly relevant
- malcontent: dissatisfied person, often rebellious or resentful
- pertain: to relate or belong to a matter
- pertinacious: stubbornly persistent or holding firmly
- pertinent: relevant or related to the matter
- retain: to keep or hold
- sustain: to keep up or support
- tenable: defensible or able to be maintained
- tenacious: holding firmly or persistently
- tenacity: persistence; holding on
- tenant: person who occupies property
- tenet: a held belief or principle