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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|continent]] and directly from Latin continēns, continentem, holding together, continuous,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) present participle of continēre, to hold together, restrain, contain (see [[contain]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from com-, together, and tenēre, to hold (from PIE *ten-, to stretch).^(Etymonline) The geographical noun is from the phrase terra continēns, continuous land.^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
+ It is Middle English, [[bor|fro|continent]] and directly from [[la|continēns]], continentem, holding together, continuous,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) present participle of [[m|la|continēre]], to hold together, restrain, contain (see [[contain]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from com-, together, and [[m|la|tenēre]], to hold (from [[ine-pro|*ten-]], to stretch).^(Etymonline) The geographical noun is from the phrase terra continēns, continuous land.^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==