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Where does “ever-lasting” come from?
ever-lasting (Middle English) comes from Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre.
Ancestry of “ever-lasting”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle English
ever
ever
2
Old English
ǣfre
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Words derived from “ever-lasting”
everlasting
everlastingly
everlastingness
everlast
cascade everlasting
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