heaven

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From Middle English heven, from Old English heofon (heaven, sky), from Proto-Germanic *himinaz, *himilaz (heaven, sky), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')em-en-, *k(')em-er- (sky, cloud), from Proto-Indo-European base *ḱam- (cover, shroud, clothes). Cognate with Low German Heven (heaven, sky), Old Saxon heƀan (heaven, sky), Old Norse himinn (heaven, sky), Gothic  (himins, heaven, sky), Dutch hemel (heaven), German Himmel (heaven), and perhaps Welsh cwmwl (cloud), Cornish kommol (cloud), Breton koumoul (cloud) – unless all these three reflect a borrowing of Latin cumulus (heap) into Proto-British instead, compare Modern English cumulus (a type of cloud). Related to chemise.

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  1. (often in the plural) The sky.
  2. (theology) The paradise of the afterlife in certain religions, considered to be the home of the god or gods of those religions, and often the home, or one of various possible homes, of souls of deceased people.
    Mommy’s gone to heaven to be with God.
  3. (used without the article) A blissful place or experience.
    Soaking in a warm bath after a long day at work is sheer heaven.

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