French maintenir

← Spanish mantener (cognate)

← French main (compound)

← French tenir (compound)

← Old French maintenir (inherited)

← Italian mantenere (cognate)

← Latin manū (inherited)

← Latin teneō (mention)

← Portuguese manter (cognate)

→ Spanish mantener (cognate)

→ French maintenance (suffix)

→ French mainteneur (suffix)

→ Ido mantenar (derived)

→ Italian mantenere (cognate)

→ Portuguese manter (cognate)

→ Romanian menține (borrowed)