perduration

English

Etymology

From Middle English perduracioun, a blend of perdurablete (“perdurability”) and duracioun (“duration”)[1] or from Latin perdūrātiō, from the past participial stem of perdūrō + -iō.[2]

Noun

perduration (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Long endurance or lastingness.

References

  1. ^ “perdūrāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “perduration, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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