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
- In an impertinent manner
Ancestry of “impertinently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impertinent | insolent, ill-mannered; irrelevant; An... |
| 2 | Old French | impertinent | — |
| 3 | Latin | impertinens | not belonging thereto |
| 4 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 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 |