Where does “pertain” come from?
Pertain comes from Old French partenir, from Latin pertineo, formed from the prefix per- and Latin tenēō meaning to hold, from Proto-Italic tenēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ten- meaning to stretch or hold.
pertain (English): to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct,...
Definitions
- to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct,...
Ancestry of “pertain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pertenen | to pertain |
| 2 | Old French | partenir | — |
| 3 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |