10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
originInherited from Middle English continuaten, from continuat(e) (“continuous”, also used as the past participle of continuaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin continuātus, perfect passive participle of continuō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of continue.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0