# everlasting

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #16,227

## Definitions
1. Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
2. Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
3. Lasting or enduring forever; endless, eternal.
4. Continuing for a long period; eternal.
5. Happening all the time, especially to a tiresome extent; constant, incessant, unending.
6. Of clothing or fabric: lasting a long time; very durable or hard-wearing.
7. Chiefly in the name of a plant:
8. Chiefly in the name of a plant:
9. Used as an intensifier.

## Etymology
From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”).
* Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“body; life; tree”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak tree”) (as the oak represented life and vitality in Germanic mythology).
* Lasting is derived from lasten (“to continue, last; etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participle forms of verbs, often used as adjectives)); and lasten from Old English lǣstan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną (“to follow, pursue”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”).
By surface analysis, ever (adverb) + lasting (adjective).

## Common misspellings (17)
`eevrlasting`, `evelrasting`, `everalsting`, `everlasitng`, `everlassting`, `everlastign`, `everlastingg`, `everlastinng`, `everlastnig`, `everlastting`, `everlatsing`, `everllasting`, `everlsating`, `everrlasting`, `evrelasting`, `evverlasting`, `veerlasting`

## Source
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