tenure的词源

英文词源

tenure

tenure: see tenant

tenure (n.)

early 15c., "holding of a tenement," from Anglo-French and Old French tenure "a tenure, estate in land" (13c.), from Old French tenir "to hold," from Vulgar Latin *tenire, from Latin tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The sense of "condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "guaranteed tenure of office" (usually at a university or school) is recorded from 1957. Related: Tenured (1961).

中文词源

tenure：任期；终身制

词根词缀： -ten-握,持有 + -ure名词词尾

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tenure：任职，任期

ten-,持有，握住，-ure,名词后缀。