Etymograph

English

aevum

Aevum comes from Latin aevum ‘temporal mode of existence between time and…’, from Proto-Italic *aiwom ‘period, age’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- ‘long time, lifetime’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eyu-‘long time, lifetime’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aiwom‘period, age’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaevum‘temporal mode of existence between time and eternity’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eyu-‘long time, lifetime’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aiwom‘period, age’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaevum‘temporal mode of existence between time and eternity’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- ‘long time, lifetime’

aye, ay, eon, aeon, 7 more

through Proto-Italic *aiwom ‘period, age’

age, eternally, 8 more

through Latin aevum ‘temporal mode of existence between time and…’

eternal, eternity, longevity, eval, 6 more

Today it means

noun The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- / aevum

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