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annal.

The record of a single event or item.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈænəl/
  1. The record of a single event or item.

Where this word comes from

Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”).

adj/ˈænəl/
  1. Annual; yearly.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂etnós Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin annālisbor. English annal Borrowed from Latin annālis (“yearly, annual”).

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