Where does “impertinentness” come from?
impertinentness (English) comes from English impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinens, from Latin pertinens, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
impertinentness (English): The quality of being impertinent
Definitions
- The quality of being impertinent
Ancestry of “impertinentness”, step by step
impertinentness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impertinent
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |