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sempiternal

[sem-pi-tur-nl]

Origin

adjective Literary.

everlasting; eternal.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin sempiternālis, equivalent to Latin sempitern(us) everlasting semp(er) always + -i- -i- + -ternus suffix of temporal adjectives; see eterne) + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

sem·pi·ter·nal·ly, adverb

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sempiternal (ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːn^əl)

—*adj*
	literary everlasting; eternal

[C15: from Old French sempiternel, from Late Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, from semper always + aeternuseternal]

sempi'ternally

—*adv*

sempiternity

—n

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Word Origin & History

sempiternal

c.1400, from O.Fr. sempiternel (13c.) or L.L. sempiternalis, from L. sempiternus, from L. semper "always" (see semper-) + æternus "eternal" (see eternal).

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