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annal en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈænəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The record of a single event or item.
   • In deathless annal! deathless deeds inspire: 1805, Edward Young, The Poetical Works of the Reverend Dr. Ed. Young: with the life of the author, volume 3, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

annalistic · annalise · annalled · annalist · annalize

Translations (11)

pt anal (record of a single event or item) · es anal (record of a single event or item) · fi annaali (record of a single event or item) · ca annals (record of a single event or item) · cs anály (record of a single event or item) · es fasto (record of a single event or item) · cmn 本紀 /本纪 (record of a single event or item) · hi इतिवृत्त (record of a single event or item) · ru анна́лы (record of a single event or item) · es añal (record of a single event or item) · cmn 記錄 /记录 (record of a single event or item)

annal en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈænəl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Annual; yearly.
   • 2. Whether the annal Feſt of Chriſts Birth, being both lawful and laudable, in the right religious uſe weeding out al abuſes (ordained by the Catholic Church) may juſtly be aboliſhed or abandoned by any Church or State […] 1654, Robert Vilvain, compiler, Theoremata Theological: Theological Treatises, London: […] R. Hodgkinſonne, page 224:

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