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English word origin

Etymology of annal

Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

The record of a single event or item.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
adj

Annual; yearly.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin annālisbor. English annal Borrowed from Latin annālis (“yearly, annual”).

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