Where does “appartenir” come from?
appartenir (French) comes from Old French apartenir, from Latin appertineō, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
appartenir (French): to belong to; to concern
Ancestry of “appartenir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 2 | Latin | appertineō | — |
| 3 | Latin | pertineō | — |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “appartenir”