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Immortal

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means living or lasting forever, not subject to death
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Stage 1 of 2
immortalis
Latin · ancient
"not subject to death"
not subject to death, from in- (not) and mortalis (subject to death)
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Stage 2 of 2
immortal
English · 1400s
"living or lasting forever"
settled as the English word for something that lives or lasts forever
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