## Meanings
1. The period during which someone holds a job or position.
2. A permanent job with strong job security at a university or college.
3. To give someone a permanent academic position.

## Examples
- During her tenure as mayor, the city built three new parks.
- After years of teaching, she finally earned tenure.
- He was tenured after many years of research.

## Derived Forms
- tenure-track

## Related Forms
- tenant
- tenurial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ten-
- Root: tenure
- Root: *tenitura
- Root: tentus

## Etymology
From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

## AI Etymology
Tenure comes from Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura. The historical chain includes *ten- (Proto-Indo-European), tenure (Middle English), tenure (Old French), *tenitura (Vulgar Latin), and tentus (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as tenure-track and related forms such as tenant and tenurial. In present use it covers the period during which someone holds a job or position, a permanent job with strong job security at a university or college, and to give someone a permanent academic position.

## Topics
- Time
- Education & Learning

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