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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1507/
- Published: 2024-03-15T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-15T17:28:50.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

tenet (noun):

: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true. Especially : one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenet?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Tenet holds a centuries-long tenure in the English language, but its hometown is Latin. In that language, tenet is a form of the verb tenere (“to hold”) and means “s/he holds.” Tenet was borrowed into English around 1600, probably because of use of the word in Latin writings to introduce text giving a principle or doctrine held by a person or group, such as a particular church or sect. The word’s English use today seems clearly linked: “a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true, and especially one held in common by members of an organization, movement, or profession.” Note that the similar-sounding word tenant is also from tenere; it arrived in the 1300s and typically refers today to someone who rents or leases a house, apartment, etc., from a landlord. Tenure is a tenere descendant too.

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