Where does “permanent” come from?

permanent (Dutch) comes from French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from Latin permaneo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

permanent (Dutch): permanent

Definitions

  1. permanent

Ancestry of “permanent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpermanentpermanent
2Latinpermanēnslasting, continuing, ongoing
3LatinpermaneoI stay to the end, hold out, endure; last,...
4Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
5Proto-Italicperi-—

Words derived from “permanent”

Every word from Proto-Italic peri- →Every word from Latin per- →Every word from Latin permaneo →