Etymology

permanence

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Today it means: The state of being permanent. Full definition →

Middle English permanence ← Middle French permanence ← Medieval Latin permanentia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompermaneō“to remain; last”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived frompermanentia
  3. Middle French · derived frompermanence
  4. Middle English · inherited frompermanence
  5. English todaypermanence

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpermaneō all →

permansive

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.