Where does “annuity” come from?

Annuity comes from French annuité, derived from Medieval Latin annuitas, from Latin annuus meaning yearly, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂et- meaning to go or move.

annuity (English): A right to receive amounts of money regularly...

Definitions

  1. A right to receive amounts of money regularly...

Ancestry of “annuity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchannuitéyearly installment, annual repayment; year of...
2Medieval Latinannuitas—
3Latinannuusannual, yearly; lasting a year
4Latinannusyear; time; season
5Proto-Italicatnosyear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-no-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂et-grass

Words derived from “annuity”

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