adjective
- without beginning or end; existing through all time; everlasting
- of eternity
- forever the same; always true or valid; unchanging: the eternal verities
- always going on; never stopping; perpetual: eternal rest
- seeming never to stop; happening very often: her eternal complaints
- Philos., Theol. outside or beyond time or time relationships; timeless
Origin:
ME < OFr < LL aeternalis < L aeturnus < aevum, an age < IE base *aiw-, *āju-, a life, vital force > aye