Where does “pertinent” come from?
pertinent (Middle English) comes from Old French pertinent, from Latin pertinens, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
Ancestry of “pertinent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pertinent | — |
| 2 | Latin | pertinens | extending; pertaining |
| 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 |