apartenir

Old French

Alternative forms

apertenir
apurtenir (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin appertinēre, present active infinitive of appertineō (“belong to”), from Latin pertineō.

Verb

apartenir

to belong to
- date?, author?, Menestrel de Reims
  Li cors le roi fut enseveliz et atourneiz si comme il apartenoit a cors de si haut roi.
  The body of the king was buried and dressed as if it belonged to the body of a very noble king.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: appertain
French: appartenir

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (apartenir)
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (apartenir, supplement)

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