holden

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

From Middle English holden, from Old English healden, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan. By surface analysis, hold + -en.

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