Where does “impertinent” come from?
Impertinent comes from Old French impertinent, meaning not pertinent or not relevant to the matter at hand.
impertinent (English): insolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant; An...
Definitions
- insolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant; An...
Ancestry of “impertinent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | impertinent | — |
| 2 | Latin | impertinens | not belonging thereto |
| 3 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 4 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |