Where does “impermanently” come from?
impermanently (English) comes from English impermanent, from Middle French impermanent, from English in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in-, from Old English in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.
impermanently (English): In an impermanent manner
Ancestry of “impermanently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impermanent | not permanent; momentary |
| 2 | Middle French | impermanent | — |
| 3 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 4 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 5 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 6 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |