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 — that.
pertenen (Middle English): to pertain
Definitions
- to pertain
Ancestry of “pertenen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | partenir | — |
| 2 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 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 | that |