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- Latin · derived fromperdūrātiō
- Middle English · inherited fromperduracioun
- English todayperduration
From Middle English perduracioun, a blend of perdurablete (“perdurability”) and duracioun (“duration”) or from Latin perdūrātiō, from the past participial stem of perdūrō + -iō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.