Where does “purtenance” come from?
purtenance (English) comes from English appurtenance, from Middle English appurtenaunce, from Old French apartenance, from Old French apartenir, from Latin appertineō, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad — that.
purtenance (English): That which pertains or belongs to something; The...
Definitions
- That which pertains or belongs to something; The...
Ancestry of “purtenance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appurtenance | An appendage to something else; an addition;... |
| 2 | Middle English | appurtenaunce | — |
| 3 | Old French | apartenance | — |
| 4 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 5 | Latin | appertineō | to belong, pertain or appertain to |
| 6 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 7 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 8 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 9 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 10 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 11 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |