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Where does “eternitez” come from?

eternitez (Old French) comes from Latin aeternitas, from Latin aeternus, from Latin aevum, from Latin aevom, from Old Latin aivom, from Proto-Italic aiwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey- — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.

Ancestry of “eternitez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaeternitaseternity
2Latinaeternusabiding, lasting, permanent, perpetual; eternal,...
3Latinaevumtime as a single, unified, continuous and...
4LatinaevomArchaic form of aevum
5Old Latinaivomtime, lifetime; age
6Proto-Italicaiwomage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

Words derived from “eternitez”

  • eternity
  • coeternity
  • preeternity
  • eternitarian
  • eternyte
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