Where does “sempiternal” come from?
sempiternal (English) comes from Old French sempiternel, from Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, from Latin semper, from Latin -per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic — that.
sempiternal (English): Everlasting, eternal; Everlasting, that is,...
Definitions
- Everlasting, eternal; Everlasting, that is,...
Ancestry of “sempiternal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sempiternel | — |
| 2 | Latin | sempiternālis | everlasting |
| 3 | Latin | sempiternus | everlasting, perpetual, eternal |
| 4 | Latin | semper | always, ever |
| 5 | Latin | -per | Suffix used in the formation of adverbs from... |
| 6 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 7 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 8 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |