Where does “impertinent” come from?
impertinent (French) comes from Latin impertinens, from Latin pertinens, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
impertinent (French): insolent, ill-mannered
Definitions
- insolent, ill-mannered
Ancestry of “impertinent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | impertinens | not belonging thereto |
| 2 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 3 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 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 | that |