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Where does “impertinently” come from?

Impertinently derives from Middle English -ly added to Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.

impertinently (English): In an impertinent manner

Definitions

  1. In an impertinent manner

Ancestry of “impertinently”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishimpertinentinsolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant; An...
2Old Frenchimpertinent—
3Latinimpertinens—
4Latinpertinensextending; pertaining
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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