## Meanings
1. Lasting for a very long time or for ever; not temporary.
2. Impossible to change back or undo.
3. A chemical hair treatment that makes the hair curly for several weeks; a perm.

## Examples
- After a year, she was offered a permanent job at the company.
- The accident left him with permanent damage to his hearing.
- She got a permanent to add some curl to her straight hair.

## Synonyms
- endless
- eternal
- forever
- intransient
- lasting
- never-ending
- unending

## Antonyms
- impermanent
- temporary

## Derived Forms
- impermanent
- nonpermanent
- permacath
- permaculture
- permalancer
- permanent-press
- permanental
- permanentize
- permanently
- permanentness
- permanite
- permatron

## Related Forms
- determinant
- ephemeral
- permafrost
- permatemp
- relaxer
- temporary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *men- (stay)
- Root: permanent
- Root: permanēns

## Etymology
From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.

## AI Etymology
Permanent comes from Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century. The historical chain includes *men- (stay) (Proto-Indo-European), permanent (Middle English), permanent (Middle French), permanēns (Latin). In present-day English it covers lasting for a very long time or for ever; not temporary, impossible to change back or undo, and a chemical hair treatment that makes the hair curly for several weeks; a perm. The wider family includes derived forms such as impermanent, nonpermanent, permacath, permaculture, permalancer and related forms such as determinant, ephemeral, permafrost, permatemp.

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