verb/sut.niʁ/
to support; to keep up; to maintain (that); to argue
Inherited from Middle French soustenir, from Old French sustenir, soustenir, from Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre. Asynchronically analyzable as sou- + tenir.
/sut.niʁ/
to support; to keep up; to maintain (that); to argue
Inherited from Middle French soustenir, from Old French sustenir, soustenir, from Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre. Asynchronically analyzable as sou- + tenir.