Etymology

pertinacy

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Today it means: The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. Full definition →

Latin pertinacia
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pertinacy · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompertinacia
  2. English todaypertinacy

From Latin pertinacia, from pertinax. See pertinacious.

pertinacy · noun2

  1. Latin · derived frompertinere
  2. English todaypertinacy

From Latin pertinere.

Words from the same roots

Latinpertinere all →

appertain

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