Where does “eternalism” come from?
eternalism (English) comes from English eternal, from Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus, from Latin aevum, from Latin aevom, from Old Latin aivom — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
eternalism (English): The view that time resembles space and thus past...
Definitions
- The view that time resembles space and thus past...
Ancestry of “eternalism”, step by step
eternalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eternal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eternal | Lasting forever; unending; existing outside time;... |
| 2 | Middle English | eternal | Eternal, permanent; having existed forever;... |
| 3 | Old French | eternal | — |
| 4 | Latin | aeternālis | eternal, everlasting, temporally infinite |
| 5 | Latin | aeternus | abiding, lasting, permanent, perpetual; eternal,... |
| 6 | Latin | aevum | time as a single, unified, continuous and... |
| 7 | Latin | aevom | Archaic form of aevum |
| 8 | Old Latin | aivom | time, lifetime; age |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | aiwom | age |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |