Äon
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- aeon, eon (exceedingly long period of time)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aeōn (eternity, age) derived from Ancient Greek αἰών (age, eternity, eon, epoch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eyu-
Gloss
vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
🧬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eon English
- aioni Finnish
- aeon Latin
- aeternus Latin
- aetātem Latin
- aevitās Latin
- aevum Latin
- aeōn Latin
- Aión Spanish, Castilian
- αἰεί Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- αἰώνιος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *aiwa Proto-Germanic
- *aiwaz Proto-Germanic
- アイオーン Japanese
- eon Polish
- αιώνας Greek (modern)
- *aiwo- Proto-Italic
- *aiwom Proto-Italic
- *aiwotāts Proto-Italic
- *awi-mātusānj Proto-Albanian
- *aiweí Proto-Hellenic