Where does “appartenere” come from?
appartenere (Italian) comes from Late Latin appertinere, from Latin pertinēre, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
appartenere (Italian): to belong to
Definitions
- to belong to
Ancestry of “appartenere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | appertinere | present active infinitive of appertineō |
| 2 | Latin | pertinēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |