Annual etymology

English

English word annual comes from Latin annus (Time; season. Year.)

Etymology of annual

Detailed word origin of annual

Dictionary entry Language Definition
annus Latin (lat) Time; season. Year.
annualis Latin (lat) One-year-old.
annuālem Late Latin (LL)
annual English (en) (botany, of a plant) Having a life cycle that is completed in only one growing season; e.g. beans, corn, marigold. See Annual plant in Wikipedia. Compare biennial, perennial.. (entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.. Happening once every year.. Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by [...]

Words with the same origin as annual

Descendants of annus

anniversary