inveterate

Senso (Inglese)

Opposto di
transient, temporary, momentary, fleeting, ;, impermanent, shifting, acute, novel#Adjective, casual#Adjective, sometime#Adjective, occasional#Adjective, dilettante#Adjective
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1574; borrowed from Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), perfect passive participle of inveterō and participial adjective (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, into”) + veterō (“to age”), from vetus, veteris (“old”). Cognate with Italian inveterato, French invétéré.

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