Where does “apperteinen” come from?
apperteinen (Middle English) 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 — that.
Ancestry of “apperteinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 2 | Latin | appertineō | to belong, pertain or appertain to |
| 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 |