Etymology

pervasive

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Today it means: Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything. Full definition →

Latin pervāsus
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  1. Latin · derived frompervāsus
  2. English todaypervasive

From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).

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