Etymology of the English word perdure
the English word
perdurederived from the Old French word
pardurerderived from the Latin word
perdurare (last long, endure)
using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Latin word
durare (harden, make hard; become hard)
derived from the Latin word
durus (hard, stern; harsh)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deru-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deuÉ™-Usage
Word found in Modern English
