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Permanent comes from Latin permanēns ‘lasting, continuing, ongoing’, from permaneō ‘to stay through’, and ultimately from maneō ‘I remain’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaneō¹‘I remain’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermaneō²‘to stay through’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpermanēns²‘lasting’
4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600permanent²
5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500permanent²
6. Englishearliest quotation 1943permanent²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin permaneo
2. ² Wiktionary, English permanent
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window: “She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent,…”.