Where does “perm” come from?
Perm is a shortening of permanent, which derives from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanens, the present participle of permaneo, composed of the prefix per- and the root men-.
perm (English): A permanent; A permanent wave; To give hair a...
Definitions
- A permanent; A permanent wave; To give hair a...
Ancestry of “perm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | permanent | Without end, eternal; Lasting for an indefinitely... |
| 2 | Latin | permanēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | permaneo | I stay to the end, hold out, endure; last,... |
| 4 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |
Words derived from “perm”