Where does “pertinàcia” come from?
pertinàcia (Catalan) comes from Latin pertinacia, from Latin pertināx, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
pertinàcia (Catalan): pertinacity
Definitions
- pertinacity
Ancestry of “pertinàcia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pertinacia | perseverance, constancy; obstinacy, stubbornness |
| 2 | Latin | pertināx | persevering, obstinate |
| 3 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |