English
annuity
Annuity comes from Medieval Latin annuitās ‘annuality, quality of being annual’, and goes back to Latin annus ‘year’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannus‘year’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEannuus‘annual’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500annuitās‘annuality, quality of being annual’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentannuité
- Englishtodayannuity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEannus‘year’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEannuus‘annual’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500annuitās‘annuality, quality of being annual’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentannuité
- Englishtodayannuity
The story
Cf. annuality.
Linked words
through Latin annus ‘year’
ann, millennium, perennial, millennial, biennial, biennale, annum, 11 more
through Latin annuus ‘annual’
Today it means
noun A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin annus / annuity