Word Origin Summary

Pertinens is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• pertinente

  Italian · borrowed from

• pertinent

  English · derived from

• pertinente

  Spanish · borrowed from

• pertinent

  Catalan · derived from

• pertinente

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• pertinent

  Romanian · borrowed from

• pertinent

  French · borrowed from

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