English
annotinous
Annotinous comes from Latin annotinus ‘of last year, of the preceding or previous year’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- ‘to go’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂et-1‘to go’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ét-no-1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*atnos1‘year’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannus2‘year’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannotinus2‘of last year, of the preceding or previous year’
- Englishtodayannotinous2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin annus
- 2 Wiktionary, English annotinous
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂et-Wiktionary, Latin annus‘to go’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ét-no-Wiktionary, Latin annusreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*atnosWiktionary, Latin annus‘year’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannusWiktionary, English annotinous‘year’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannotinusWiktionary, English annotinous‘of last year, of the preceding or previous year’
- EnglishtodayannotinousWiktionary, English annotinous
Linked words
through Latin annus ‘year’
annual, ann, millennium, perennial, millennial, biennial, annuity, annum, biennale, 10 more
Today it means
adj A year old, or having yearly growths.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “annotinous”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin annus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- / annotinous