Where does “unpertaining” come from?
unpertaining (English) comes from English pertaining, from English pertain, from Middle English pertenen, from Old French partenir, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
unpertaining (English): Not pertinent; irrelevant; unrelated
Definitions
- Not pertinent; irrelevant; unrelated
Ancestry of “unpertaining”, step by step
unpertaining traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pertaining
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pertaining | present participle of pertain; Something that... |
| 2 | English | pertain | to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct,... |
| 3 | Middle English | pertenen | to pertain |
| 4 | Old French | partenir | — |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |