anniversary
Meaningthe year turning round
Common meaning: the date on which an event is remembered each year
- anna yearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 126 · scan
- versto turnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1977 · scan
- aryending: linked with, or a place for
‘a year’ + ‘to turn’ → anniversary
Journey through time
- ann — Latin annus “a year” (path traced)
- vers — Latin vertō, vertī, versum “to turn” (path traced)
- Latinannus + vertō, vertī, versum‘a year + to turn’
- Englishanniversary‘the date on which an event is remembered each year’ · today
ann also in: annualperennialmillennium
vers also in: universesubversionirreversibleirreversiblynoncontroversial
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin annus ‘a year’ + Latin vertō ‘to turn’.
Did you know (Latin vertere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vertō, p. 1977 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Latin annus, a…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry annus, p. 126 · dictionary scan
Roots
- annus Latin “a year”
- vertō, vertī, versum Latin “to turn”
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