Where does “pertinence” come from?
Pertinence comes from French pertinence, from Latin pertinens, the present participle of pertinere, combining per- and tenere meaning "to hold through" or "persist."
pertinence (English): The quality of being pertinent
Definitions
- The quality of being pertinent
Ancestry of “pertinence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pertinence | pertinence; relevance |
| 2 | French | pertinent | pertinent; relevant; judicious; justified |
| 3 | Old French | pertinent | — |
| 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 |