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.
Ancestry of “appurtenaunce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | apartenance | — |
| 2 | Old French | apartenir | to belong to |
| 3 | Latin | appertineō | — |
| 4 | Latin | pertineō | — |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 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 | — |
Words derived from “appurtenaunce”