Permeated
/ˈpɜːr.mi.eɪ.tɪd/noun
Spread or passed throughout something, especially through its pores, spaces, or boundaries.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin permeare, “to pass through,” built from per-, “through,” and meare, “to go or pass”—language for invisible movement long before modern science described it.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
permeare
“To pass through or go through”
Late Latin
Latin
permeatus
“A passing through; passage”
17th Century
English
permeate
“To penetrate or spread through”
Modern English
English
permeated
“Passed or spread throughout something”