pervasiveness

the word 'pervasiveness' is built upon the latin verb 'pervadere', which is a compound of 'per-' (meaning 'through') and 'vadere' (meaning 'to go'). this literal sense of 'going through' evolved into the concept of something spreading or diffusing throughout an area or substance. the addition of the adjective-forming suffix '-ive' created 'pervasive', describing something that has this spreading quality. finally, the old english abstract noun suffix '-ness' was appended to form 'pervasiveness', denoting the state or quality of being widespread and present in every part.

Structure: pervas (spread through) + ive (adjective suffix) + ness (noun suffix) pervas (from latin 'pervas-', the past participle stem of 'pervadere', meaning 'to go through, spread through'), ive (a suffix forming adjectives, from latin '-ivus'), ness (a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a state or quality, from old english '-nes')