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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la teneō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [pɛrˈtɪ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [perˈtiː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''pertineō''' (present infinitive pertinēre, perfect active pertinuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[per-]] “through” and [[teneō]] “to hold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of relating to something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Cicero it meant to extend, reach, of physical features, of actions to be aimed at something, and of words to refer to someone.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to relate to, have to do with, and in Varro to be someone's concern and to come within the scope of a law.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to belong by right to someone.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to reach, belong, pertain, relate.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Spanish ''pertenecer'' and Portuguese ''pertencer'' “to belong”, and through Old French it gave [[en|pertain]] in the early 14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of relating to.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of concern.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of extending and belonging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 14th century – English ''pertain'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To extend, reach.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be aimed at; to refer to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To relate to, [[m|en|pertain]] to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be the concern of.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|belong]] to.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To come within the scope of.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[appertineō]]
+ * [[impertinēns]]
+ * [[pertināx]]
+ * [[pertinenter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abstineō]]
+ * [[attineō]]
+ * [[circumteneō]]
+ * [[contineō]]
+ * [[dētineō]]
+ * [[distineō]]
+ * [[obtineō]]
+ * [[retineō]]
+ * [[sustineō]]
+ * [[teneō]]
+ * [[en|pertain]]
+ * [[en|pertinent]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}