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tenacity
1526, from M.Fr.
ténacité
(14c.), from L.
tenacitas
"the act of holding fast," from
tenax
(gen.
tenacis
) "tough, holding fast," from
tenere
"to hold" (see
tenet
).
Tenacious
first attested 1607.
