Where does “permafrost” come from?
permafrost (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English permafrost, from English perma-, from English permanent, from Latin permanēns, from Latin permaneo, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.
permafrost (Norwegian Bokmål): permafrost
Definitions
- permafrost
Ancestry of “permafrost”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | permafrost | Permanently frozen ground, or a specific layer... |
| 2 | English | perma- | permanent |
| 3 | English | permanent | Without end, eternal; Lasting for an indefinitely... |
| 4 | Latin | permanēns | lasting, continuing, ongoing |
| 5 | Latin | permaneo | I stay to the end, hold out, endure; last,... |
| 6 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |