Middle French

Verb

soustenir

1. to keep up; to sustain

Descendants

• French: soutenir

Old French

Alternative forms

• sostenir
• sustenir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre, present active infinitive of sustineō.

Verb

soustenir

1. to keep up; to sustain
2. to bear (suffering, a burden, punishment, etc.)

Descendants

• English: sustain (borrowed)
• Middle French: soustenir
  • French: soutenir

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (soustenir, supplement)
• sustenir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub