English
permansive
Permansive comes from Latin permaneo ‘to last, continue, remain, endure, abide,…’, and goes back to maneō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘I remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneo‘to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere’
- Englishtodaypermansive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō‘I remain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneo‘to last, continue, remain, endure, abide, persist, persevere’
- Englishtodaypermansive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to stay, stand still’
money, mind, music, amount, comment, mental, mouth, mention, mountain, museum, auto, mount, min, monitor, monster, monetary, demonstration, mentor, monk, mint, monument, dementia, monte, imminent, maya, amnesty, muse, mosaic, eminent, summon, menace, ming, prominence, monastery, mont, monstrous, muster, mandarin, eminence, amnesia, 118 more
through Latin maneō ‘I remain’
remain, mas, remnant, menial, menagerie, ménage, manet, 7 more
through Latin permaneo ‘to last, continue, remain, endure, abide,…’
Today it means
adj permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin maneō / permansive