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Where does “pertinacité” come from?

pertinacité (Middle French) comes from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertināx, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

Ancestry of “pertinacité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpertinaceobstinate, stubborn
2Latinpertināx—
3Latinpertineō—
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “pertinacité”

  • pertinacity
  • pertinacy
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