Where does “annals” come from?

Annals comes from Middle French annales, from Latin annalis meaning "yearly," derived from annus meaning "year," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- meaning "to go."

annals (English): plural of annal; API pl; A relation of events in...

Definitions

  1. plural of annal; API pl; A relation of events in...

Ancestry of “annals”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchannales—
2Latinannales librichronicles
3Latinannalisannual, continuing a year; year, age; chronicle,...
4Latinannusyear; time; season
5Proto-Italicatnosyear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “annals”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂et-no- →Every word from Proto-Italic atnos →
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