pernancy

pernancy [pur-nuh n-see] Word Origin noun Law.

1. a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.

Origin of pernancy 1635–45; alteration of Anglo-French pernance, metathetic variant of Old French prenance literally, a taking, equivalent to pren-, pretonic stem of prendre to take (Latin pre(he)ndere; see apprehend) + -ance -ance; see -ancy