Where does “permanent” come from?

permanent (Latin) comes from Latin permaneo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

permanent (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “permanent”, step by step

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