Where does “pertinemment” come from?
pertinemment (French) comes from French pertinent, from Old French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
pertinemment (French): pertinently; full well
Definitions
- pertinently; full well
Ancestry of “pertinemment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pertinent | pertinent; relevant; judicious; justified |
| 2 | Old French | pertinent | — |
| 3 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 4 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |