permeate

/ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/PUR-mee-ayt

/ˈpɝmiˌeɪt/PUR-mee-ayt

Meaningto pass through

Common meaning: to spread through

perthrough; thoroughly
meto go, passLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1134 · scan
ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having

‘through’ + ‘to go, pass’ → permeate

Journey through time

Latinmeō, -āre‘to go, pass’
Englishpermeate‘to spread through’ · today

per- also in: percent percept perfidy perfume perjury

me also in: meatus

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

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Origin: Built on Latin meō ‘to go, pass’.

Roots

meō, -āre Latin “to go, pass”

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