annual
- annual
- [14] Annual comes, via Old French
annuel, from annuālis, a late Latin adjective
based on annus ‘year’ (perhaps as a blend of two
earlier, classical Latin adjectives, annuus and
annālis – ultimate source of English annals
[16]). Annus itself may go back to an earlier,
unrecorded *atnos, probably borrowed from an
ancient Indo-European language of the Italian
peninsula, such as Oscan or Umbrian. It appears
to be related to Gothic athnam ‘years’ and
Sanskrit átati ‘go, wander’.
The medieval Latin noun annuitās, formed
from the adjective annuus, produced French
annuité, which was borrowed into English as
annuity in the 15th century.
=> ANNALS, ANNIVERSARY, ANNUITY
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