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Where does “annish” come from?

annish (English) comes from English anniversary, from Middle English anniversary, from Medieval Latin anniversaria, from Latin anniversārius, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

annish (English): Issue of a periodical that marks the anniversary...

Definitions

  1. Issue of a periodical that marks the anniversary...

Ancestry of “annish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanniversaryA day that is an exact number of years since a...
2Middle Englishanniversary—
3Medieval Latinanniversarianominative feminine singular of anniversārius;...
4Latinanniversārius—
5Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
6Latinvertō—
7Proto-Italicwertō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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