Where does “sempiternally” come from?
sempiternally (English) comes from English sempiternal, from Old French sempiternel, from Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, from Latin semper, from Latin -per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad — that.
sempiternally (English): In a sempiternal manner; eternally; in an...
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- In a sempiternal manner; eternally; in an...
Ancestry of “sempiternally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sempiternal | Everlasting, eternal; Everlasting, that is,... |
| 2 | Old French | sempiternel | — |
| 3 | Latin | sempiternālis | everlasting |
| 4 | Latin | sempiternus | everlasting, perpetual, eternal |
| 5 | Latin | semper | always, ever |
| 6 | Latin | -per | Suffix used in the formation of adverbs from... |
| 7 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 8 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 9 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 10 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 11 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |