maintenance etymology

French word maintenance comes from French maintenir, French -ance (-ance (suffix used to form nouns).)

Detailed word origin of maintenance

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
maintenir French (fra) (reflexive, se maintenir) to keep up. (reflexive, se maintenir) to persist. (reflexive, se maintenir, of the weather) to stay fair. To maintain. To stick to.
-ance French (fra) -ance (suffix used to form nouns).
maintenance French (fra) Maintenance.

Words with the same origin as maintenance

Descendants of maintenir
maintenant mainteneur
Descendants of -ance
alliance ambiance ambulance assurance attirance bienveillance convenance délivrance désobéissance endurance espérance financer indépendance insistance nuance reconnaissance renaissance ressemblance souffrance surveillance séance vengeance vigilance échéance