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tenacity (n.)
early 15c., from Middle French
ténacité
(14c.) and directly from Latin
tenacitas
"an act of holding fast," from
tenax
(genitive
tenacis
) "holding fast, gripping, clingy; firm, steadfast," from
tenere
"to hold" (see
tenet
).
