English word eternal comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu-, Latin aevom, Proto-Italic *aiwom (Age.), Old Latin aivom (Age. Time, lifetime.), Old Latin aeviternus
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*h₂eyu- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
aevom | Latin (lat) | |
*aiwom | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Age. |
aivom | Old Latin (itc-ola) | Age. Time, lifetime. |
aeviternus | Old Latin (itc-ola) | |
aetatis | Latin (lat) | |
aeternus | Latin (lat) | Eternal, endless. Immortal. Permanent, lasting, perpetual. |
aeternalis | Late Latin (LL) | |
eternal | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
eternal | English (en) | (dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.. (philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly. Lasting forever; unending. |