Where does “permanent” come from?
permanent (French) comes from Latin permanēns, from Latin permaneo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.
permanent (French): permanent
Ancestry of “permanent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | permanēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | permaneo | I stay to the end, hold out, endure; last,... |
| 3 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |
Words derived from “permanent”