sempiternal adj. + Add to list sem·piter·nal SynonymsEtymology Synonyms datelessendlessOriginLATsempiternus→LA-MED-→OFRsempiternel→ENsempiternal From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”).