Where does “birthaversary” come from?
birthaversary (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.
birthaversary (English): The combined celebration of one's birthday and one's anniversary, especially when the two individual events are near each other in date
Definitions
- The combined celebration of one's birthday and one's anniversary, especially when the two individual events are near each other in date
Ancestry of “birthaversary”, step by step
birthaversary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anniversary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anniversary | A day that is an exact number of years since a... |
| 2 | Middle English | anniversary | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | anniversaria | nominative feminine singular of anniversārius;... |
| 4 | Latin | anniversārius | annual, yearly |
| 5 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 6 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |