English
permanency
Permanency comes from Latin permanēns ‘persisting, persevering, remaining’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥néh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*m(V)nēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘to stay, remain, abide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneō‘to remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermanēnsas permanentia‘persisting, persevering, remaining’present participle of permaneō
- Englishearliest quotation 1885permanency
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m̥néh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*m(V)nēōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘to stay, remain, abide’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneō‘to remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermanēnsas permanentia‘persisting, persevering, remaining’present participle of permaneō
- Englishearliest quotation 1885permanency
Earliest quotation: 1885, Gertrude Jerdon, Keyhole Country: “Family Ghosts are permanencies, you know; but I'll tell…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
music, money, mind, amount, mouth, mountain, comment, museum, mental, mention, auto, mount, min, monitor, monster, demonstration, monetary, monk, mint, mentor, monument, monte, maya, dementia, muse, mosaic, summon, ming, monastery, amnesty, mont, monstrous, imminent, menace, muster, eminent, mandarin, amnesia, mantra, prominence, 120 more
through Latin maneō ‘to stay, remain, abide’
remain, mas, remnant, menial, menagerie, ménage, manet, 9 more
Today it means
noun The state or quality of permanence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / permanency