Re: [romanceconlang] Tengo and Tenho

From: Dan Jones (dan@feuchard.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 09:38:54 EST


Barry Garcia wrote:
>I'm wondering something. What verb form in Vulgar Latin spawned "tengo" in
>Castillian, and "tenho" in Portuguese?

teneo, tenere "to hold", c.f. Italian "tengo" and French "je tiens"

Dan



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