Morpheme
Etern
Type
bound base
Denotation
great age, lasting age
Etymology
Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, from aevitās + -rnus, from aevum + -tās
Evidence
coeternal, eternal, eternally, eternitarian, eternitarians, eternity, eternization, eternize, eternized, eternizes, eternizing, uneternal
Modern Base Analysis
<Eternite> denoting eternity
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian
from eternity (<Etern + -i- + -ty>)
eternitarian, eternitarians
