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
- A right to receive amounts of money regularly...
Ancestry of “annuity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | annuité | yearly installment, annual repayment; year of... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | annuitas | — |
| 3 | Latin | annuus | annual, yearly; lasting a year |
| 4 | Latin | annus | year; time; season |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | atnos | year |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et-no- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂et- | grass |
Words derived from “annuity”