pervade

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 180 words | Copyright

pervade (arch.) pass through; diffuse itself throughout. XVII. — L. pervādere, f. PER- + vādere go; see WADE.
So pervasive XVIII. f. pp. stem of pervādere.

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