英文词源
- retain (v.)
- late 14c., "hold back, restrain;" c. 1400, "continue keeping, keep possession of," from Old French retenir "keep, retain; take into feudal service; hold back; remember" (12c.), from Latin retinere "hold back, keep back, detain, restrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service" is from mid-15c.; specifically of lawyers from 1540s. Meaning "keep in the mind" is from c. 1500. Related: Retained; retaining.
中文词源
词根词缀： re-再 + -tain-握,持有
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：retain 词源，retain 含义。
re-,向后，往回，-tain,保持，词源同 contain,tenure.
re-,向后，往回，-tain,保持，词源同 contain,tenure.
