Where does “permafrost” come from?

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

permafrost (French): permafrost

Definitions

  1. permafrost

Ancestry of “permafrost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperma-permanent
2Frenchpermanentpermanent
3Latinpermanēnslasting, continuing, ongoing
4LatinpermaneoI stay to the end, hold out, endure; last,...
5Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
6Proto-Italicperi-—
Every word from Proto-Italic peri- →Every word from Latin per- →Every word from Latin permaneo →