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sempiternal

/ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/ adjective

Latin root: sempiternālis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sempiternal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Having no known beginning and presumably no end.
    the dateless rise and fall of the tides

Origin

From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”).

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