Where does “pertenen” come from?
pertenen (Middle English) comes from Old French partenir, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “pertenen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | partenir | — |
| 2 | Latin | pertineō | — |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 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 | — |