Where does “appartena” come from?
appartena (Maltese) comes from Italian appartenere, from Late Latin appertinere, from Latin pertinēre, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
appartena (Maltese): to belong, to pertain
Definitions
- to belong, to pertain
Ancestry of “appartena”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | appartenere | to belong to |
| 2 | Late Latin | appertinere | present active infinitive of appertineō |
| 3 | Latin | pertinēre | — |
| 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 |