Where does “eternality” come from?
eternality (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.
eternality (English): The condition of being eternal; endlessness; All...
Definitions
- The condition of being eternal; endlessness; All...
Ancestry of “eternality”, step by step
eternality 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 |