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 — that.
appurtenance (English): An appendage to something else; an addition;...
Definitions
- An appendage to something else; an addition;...
Ancestry of “appurtenance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | appurtenaunce | — |
| 2 | Old French | apartenance | — |
| 3 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 4 | Latin | appertineō | to belong, pertain or appertain to |
| 5 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |