Old French maintenir

← Old French main (compound)

← Old French tenir (compound)

← Latin manus (inherited)

← Latin teneō (mention)

→ English maintenance (mention)

→ English maintain (derived)

→ English maintainer (mention)

→ Afrikaans handhaaf (derived)

→ Cebuano mintin (derived)

→ German handhaben (derived)

→ French maintenir (inherited)

→ Old French maintenant (suffix)

→ Old French maintenement (suffix)

→ Italian immantinente (mention)

→ Dutch handhaven (derived)