Where does “durance” come from?

Durance comes from Old French durance, formed from the Old French suffix -ance added to Latin duro, meaning to last or endure, itself from the adjective Latin durus meaning hard.

durance (English): Duration; Endurance; Imprisonment; forced...

Definitions

  1. Duration; Endurance; Imprisonment; forced...

Ancestry of “durance”, step by step

durance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French durance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchduranceduration
2Old Frenchdurerto last
3Latindūrōto harden, make hard
4Latindūrus—
5Proto-Italicdūros—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanduh₂-ró-slong, far
7Proto-Indo-Europeandweh₂-far; long

via French Durance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchDurance—

Words derived from “durance”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dweh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European duh₂-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Italic dūros →