Synonyms & related words for pertinency

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Words related to pertinency

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Where does pertinency come from?

The word pertinency breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: per-, from Latin per (“thoroughly”); tin, from Latin tenere (“to hold”); and -ency, from Latin entia (“state or quality of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.