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Tenant

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a person who occupies land or property by paying rent to a landlord
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Stage 1 of 2
tenere
Latin · ancient
"to hold"
to hold, the root behind one who holds property by lease
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Stage 2 of 2
tenant
English · 1300s
"a person who occupies property by paying rent"
settled as the English word for one who holds property by paying rent
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