Where does “perseveraunce” come from?
perseveraunce (Middle English) comes from Old French perseverance, from Latin perseverantia, from Latin persevērāns, from Latin persevero, from Latin perseverus, from Latin Sevērus, from Proto-Italic seɣwēros, from Proto-Indo-European seǵʰwr̥ — to hold; to overpower.
Ancestry of “perseveraunce”, step by step