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Tenure

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the holding of a position or office, especially a permanent academic appointment
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Stage 1 of 2
tenere
Latin · ancient
"to hold"
to hold, the root behind the holding of a position or property
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Stage 2 of 2
tenure
English · 1400s
"the holding of an office, position, or property"
settled as the English word for the holding of a position or property
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