Etymology of the English word perennate
the English word
perennatederived from the Latin word
perennare (last many years)
derived from the Classical Latin word
perennis (continual; everlasting, perpetual)
derived from the Latin word
annus (year; age)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*at-using the Late Latin prefix
per-derived from the Latin word
per (through)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perUsage
Word found in Modern English