Romanian word continuu comes from Latin teneo, Latin con-

Detailed word origin of continuu

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 [...]
con-	Latin (lat)	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
continere	Latin (lat)
continuus	Latin (lat)	(temporal) straight, in a row, whole (Biennio continuo post adeptum imperium... For two whole years after assuming power...). Continuous, uninterrupted, successive.
continuu	Romanian (ron)	Continuous First-person singular present tense form of continua.. First-person singular subjunctive form of continua.

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