Where does “pertinent” come from?
Pertinent comes from French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, the present participle of pertinere, composed of Latin per and a root from Proto-Indo-European ten-.
pertinent (English): A right that attaches to land, in Scots law
Definitions
- A right that attaches to land, in Scots law
Ancestry of “pertinent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pertinent | — |
| 2 | Old French | pertinent | — |
| 3 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 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 |