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