aevum

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Latin word aevum comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu-, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (Long time, lifetime.)

*h₂ey- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂eyu- (Proto-Indo-European)

*h₂óyu (Proto-Indo-European)

Long time, lifetime.

*aiwom (Proto-Italic)

Age.

aivom (Old Latin)

Age. Time, lifetime.

aevom (Latin)

aevum (Latin)

(Medieval Latin, philosophy) aevum, the mean between time and eternity, aeviternity. Lifetime, age, generation. Time, eternity.

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