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Where does “appurtenance” come from?

appurtenance (English) comes from Middle English appurtenaunce, from Old French apartenance, from Old French apartenir, from Latin appertineō, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic.

appurtenance (English): An appendage to something else; an addition;...

Definitions

  1. An appendage to something else; an addition;...

Ancestry of “appurtenance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishappurtenaunce—
2Old Frenchapartenance—
3Old Frenchapartenirto belong to
4Latinappertineō—
5Latinpertineō—
6Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
7LatinAd—
8Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
9Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
10LatinolleArchaic form of ille
11Proto-Italic*olnos—
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