Where does “pertinacitate” come from?
pertinacitate (Romanian) comes from Middle French pertinacité, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertināx, from Latin pertineō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
pertinacitate (Romanian): pertinacity
Definitions
- pertinacity
Ancestry of “pertinacitate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | pertinacité | — |
| 2 | Old French | pertinace | obstinate, stubborn |
| 3 | Latin | pertināx | persevering, obstinate |
| 4 | Latin | pertineō | to extend, stretch out, reach, matter |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |