for ever and ever

The story

1. Latin · derived fromin saecula saeculorum
2. Hebrew · derived fromלעולם ועד“forever and until”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromεἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων“to the aeons of the aeons”
4. English todayfor ever and ever

Arising in the King James Bible, an approximate translation from Ancient Greek εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aiônas tôn aiṓnōn, “to the aeons of the aeons”) and Hebrew לעולם ועד (“forever and until”), as well as Latin in saecula saeculorum and per omnia saecula saeculorum (themselves from the Greek).

Words from the same roots