Etymology

age-during

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Ancient Greek αἰώνιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαἰώνιος“eternal, everlasting, endless”
  2. English todayage-during

Calque of Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “eternal, everlasting, endless”), which is composed of αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix). First used in Young's Literal Translation.

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Ancient Greekαἰώνιος all →

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