aetas

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
  • an undefined, particularly long period of time: an age, an era, a term, a duration
  • (metonymic) a generation

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (vital energy, vital force, lifetime, long time, eternity, long life, vitality, life, eternal), *h₂ey- (life, vital energy, important speech) suffix from Latin aevum (age, an age, generation) 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
🧬

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