eon
English
/ˈiː.ɒn/, /ˈiː.ən/
noun
Definitions
- (US) Eternity.
- A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
- (geology) The longest time period used in geology.
- (US) A long period of time.
- (Gnosticism) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰών (age, eternity, eon, epoch) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (life, vital energy, important speech).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ey-
Gloss
life, vital energy, important speech
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
- eonic English
- supereon English
- aioni Finnish
- *juvenitia Latin
- aeon Latin
- aeternitas Latin
- aeternitās Latin
- aeternus Latin
- aeōn Latin
- con- Latin
- iugis Latin
- iuvenca, juvenca Latin
- iuvenilis Latin
- iuventas Latin
- iuvenīlem, iuvenīle(m) Latin
- iuvenīlis Latin
- juventūtem, iuventutem, iuventūtem Latin
- juventūtem, iuventūtem Latin
- longaevitas Latin
- longaevitās Latin
- longaevus Latin
- medium Latin
- giovanaglia Italian
- giovaneggiare Italian
- giovanesco Italian
- giovanotto Italian
- giovinaccia Italian
- giovinaccio Italian
- giovincella Italian
- giovincello Italian
- Aión Spanish, Castilian
- αἰειγενέτης Ancient Greek
- αἰών Ancient Greek
- αἰώνιος Ancient Greek
- αἶνος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yewgʷih₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuHnés, *h₂yuh₁en-, *h₂yéwHō Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuh₁en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European
- h₁su-gʷeyh₃-, *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- kʷid, *(ne) h₂óyu kʷis Proto-Indo-European
- アイオーン Japanese
- eon Polish
- आयु Sanskrit
- आयुस् Sanskrit
- दिर्घायु Sanskrit
- आयु Hindi
- αιώνας Greek (modern)
- *aiwestom Proto-Celtic
- āyu Pali
- āyus Pali
- *Hā́yu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- zoêna Ligurian
- ʼāyuḥ Old Khmer