Where does “appurtenaunce” come from?
appurtenaunce (Middle English) comes from Old French apartenance, from Old French apartenir, from Latin appertineō, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
Ancestry of “appurtenaunce”, step by step
appurtenaunce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French apartenance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | apartenance | — |
| 2 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 3 | Latin | appertineō | to belong, pertain or appertain to |
| 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 |
via Anglo-Norman apurtenance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | apurtenance | belonging; appurtenance |
| 2 | Old French | apurtenant | present participle of apurtenir |
| 3 | Old French | apurtenir | Alternative form of apartenir |