Where does “perseverance” come from?
perseverance (Middle French) 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.
perseverance (Middle French): perseverance
Ancestry of “perseverance”, step by step