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English word eternal comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu-, Latin aevom, Proto-Italic *aiwom (Age.), Old Latin aivom (Age. Time, lifetime.), Old Latin aeviternus
*h₂eyu- (Proto-Indo-European)
aevom (Latin)
*aiwom (Proto-Italic)
Age.
aivom (Old Latin)
Age. Time, lifetime.
aeviternus (Old Latin)
aetatis (Latin)
aeternus (Latin)
Eternal, endless. Immortal. Permanent, lasting, perpetual.
aeternalis (Late Latin)
eternal (Old French)
eternal (English)
(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.