Where does “pertinaciously” come from?
Pertinaciously comes from Latin pertinax, combining per- and teneo meaning "to hold," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
pertinaciously (English): In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously...
Definitions
- In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously...
Ancestry of “pertinaciously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pertinacious | Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose;... |
| 2 | Latin | pertināx | persevering, obstinate |
| 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 |