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perma-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
per-ma-
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

permanent

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanentclip. English perma- Clipping of permanent.

Questions

What does perma- mean?
permanent
Where does perma- come from?
Etymology tree Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *m̥néh₁yeti Proto-Italic *m(V)nēō Latin maneō Latin permaneōlbor. Middle French permanentbor. English permanentclip. English perma- Clipping of permanent.

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