eone
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- eone in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana