Etymology of the English word eon
the English word
eonderived from the English word
aeonderived from the Latin word
aeon (age; eternity; the Thirty Aeons)
derived from the Greek word
aion, αἰών (properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aiw-derived from the Late Latin word
eonderived from the Greek word
aion, αἰών (properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aiw-Usage
Word found in Modern English