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permanent
Permanent comes from Latin permanēns ‘lasting, continuing, ongoing’, from permaneō ‘to stay through’, and ultimately from maneō ‘I remain’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘I remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneō‘to stay through’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermanēns‘lasting’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600permanent
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500permanent
- Englishearliest quotation 1943permanent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘I remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneō‘to stay through’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermanēns‘lasting’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600permanent
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500permanent
- Englishearliest quotation 1943permanent
Earliest quotation: 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window: “She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent,…”
first attested First attested in the 15th century (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the 15th century.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stay, stand still’
music, money, mind, amount, mouth, museum, mountain, comment, auto, mental, min, mention, monitor, monster, mount, demonstration, monetary, monk, mint, maya, muse, monument, mosaic, mentor, summon, ming, monastery, monte, amnesty, dementia, monstrous, menace, prominence, mont, muster, mandarin, imminent, amnesia, monastic, minion, 120 more
through Latin maneō ‘I remain’
remain, mas, remnant, menial, menagerie, ménage, manet, 9 more
Today it means
adj Without end, eternal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin maneō / permanent