French word obtenir comes from Latin teneo

Detailed word origin of obtenir

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
teneo	Latin (lat)	(of laws) I am binding on; bind, hold, obligate. (reflexive) I keep back, remain, stay, hold position. I comprise, contain, include, hold. I hold fast, restrain, detain, check, control; bind, fetter. I hold, have; grasp. I insist, uphold. I know, grasp, understand, conceive. I possess, occupy, control. I reach, attain; gain, acquire, obtain. I recollect, retain knowledge of, remember, bear [...]
obtinere	Latin (lat)
obtenir	Old French (fro)	To obtain.
obtenir	French (fra)	To get, to obtain.

Words with the same origin as obtenir