annals.
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Meaning & usage
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Historical records; chronicles; history.
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
Annals of Science
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
plural of annal
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
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