English

intenable

From in- + tenable.

Formed from in- + tenable

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, draw’

…

Old French tenir ‘to hold’

Middle French tenir ‘to hold’

French tenir ‘to hold’

French tenable

Today it means

adj Untenable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / intenable