Where does “unpertinent” come from?
unpertinent (English) comes from English pertinent, from Middle English pertinent, from Old French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
Ancestry of “unpertinent”, step by step
unpertinent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pertinent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pertinent | A right that attaches to land, in Scots law |
| 2 | Middle English | pertinent | — |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |