permanent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Lasting for a very long time or for ever; not temporary.

   After a year, she was offered a permanent job at the company.

2. 2
   adj

   Impossible to change back or undo.

   The accident left him with permanent damage to his hearing.

3. 3
   noun

   A chemical hair treatment that makes the hair curly for several weeks; a perm.

   She got a permanent to add some curl to her straight hair.

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Simplified etymology

Permanent entered late Middle English from Latin permanent-, meaning “remaining to the end.” It combines per- “through” with manere “remain.”

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

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