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Eternal

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means lasting forever, without beginning or end
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Stage 1 of 2
aeternus
Latin · ancient
"everlasting"
everlasting, from aevum (an age, eternity)
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Stage 2 of 2
eternal
English · 1300s
"lasting forever, without beginning or end"
settled as the English word for lasting forever, without beginning or end
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