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- permanent



[permanent 词源字典] - permanent: see remain
[permanent etymology, permanent origin, 英语词源] - permanent (adj.)




- early 15c., from Middle French permanent (14c.) or directly from Latin permanentem (nominative permanens) "remaining," present participle of permanere "endure, hold out, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" (see per) + manere "stay" (see mansion). As a noun meaning "permanent wave," by 1909. Of clothing, permanent press attested from 1964.