eternal

The story

1. Latin · derived fromaeternus“eternal”
2. Late Latin · derived fromaeternālis
3. Old French · derived frometernal
4. Middle English · inherited frometernal
5. English todayeternal

From Middle English eternal, from Old French eternal, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“eternal”), from aevum (“age”). Displaced native Old English ēċe.

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