Where does “pertinacious” come from?
Pertinacious comes from Latin pertinax, formed from per- (through) and teneo (to hold), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ten- (to stretch or hold).
pertinacious (English): Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose;...
Definitions
- Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose;...
Ancestry of “pertinacious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pertināx | — |
| 2 | Latin | pertineō | — |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “pertinacious”