coeternal

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adjective

Jointly or equally eternal.

“Jesus Christ is coeternal with God.”

OriginEnglish eternal ← Latin co- ← Proto-Italic *kom- →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Jointly or equally eternal.

    Jesus Christ is coeternal with God.

    1 more example

    Hail, holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n firſt-born, / Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam

    1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Englisheternal
  9. Englishcoeternal

From co- + eternal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with coeternal

journalinternalexternalkerneleternalcolonelmaternalnocturnalfraternalinfernalpaternalvernaldiurnalternalsternalsupernalanteroexternalanterointernalantesternalasternalchondrosternalcoracosternalcostosternalcoxosternal
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Anagrams

toleranceneorectalElectrona
Cite this entry
APA

coeternal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coeternal

MLA

“coeternal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coeternal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coeternal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coeternal.

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