Where does “pertaining” come from?
Pertaining derives from Old French partenir, from Latin pertineo, formed with the prefix per- and the verb tenēō meaning to hold, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ten-.
pertaining (English): present participle of pertain; Something that...
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- present participle of pertain; Something that...
Ancestry of “pertaining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pertain | to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct,... |
| 2 | Middle English | pertenen | to pertain |
| 3 | Old French | partenir | — |
| 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 |