aevum

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • time as a single, unified, continuous and limitless entity; infinite time, time without end; to wit: eternity, agelessness, timelessness
  • an undefined, particularly long period of time: an age, an era, a term, a duration
  • generation, lifetime, lifespan
  • (Medieval Latin) aevum, the mean between time and eternity, aeviternity

Etymology

Inherited from Old Latin aivom inherited from Proto-Italic *aiwom (age, period) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal), *h₂ey- (life, vital energy, important speech).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ey-

Gloss

life, vital energy, important speech

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

生

Emoji
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