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endurance

/ˈendəəns/EN-dur-uhns
/ˈɛndɚəns/EN-dur-uhns

Meaningthe act of hardening

Common meaning: the ability to keep going

‘in, into’ + ‘hard’ → endurance

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tar-‘tremble’source
  2. Latindūrus; dūrō‘hard’
  3. Frenchendurer
  4. Middle Englishendurensource
  5. Englishendure‘to bear’
  6. Englishformed in English from endureendurance‘the ability to keep going’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from endure + -ance.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ENDURE, p.191 · scan

Roots

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