DictionaryRoot: durare
Latin
durare
harden or last
Forms
- durare
- durat- — The form used for completed action.
Origin
Formed from Latin durus, “hard.”
Note
Hardness supplied a model for endurance and lasting through time.
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noun
duration
doo-RAY-shun/duˈreɪʃn/
The length of time that something lasts.
Etymology
The “to harden” root connects with lasting or continuing. Duration names this continuance in time and, more specifically, the span of time for which something continues.