eone
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin aeōnem (“age, eternity”), from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn), from earlier αἰϝών (aiwṓn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oy-u-Hō, derived from *h₂óyu (“long time; lifetime”), derived from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force, life, age, eternity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈo.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: e‧ó‧ne
Noun
eone m (plural eoni)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) time
- Synonym: tempo
- (Gnosticism) aeon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead)
- (New Testament eschatology, rare) worldly or secular life
- Synonym: secolo
- (geology) eon (time period)
Further reading
- eone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- Eneo, eneo