English
annular
Annular comes from Latin ānulāris ‘ring-shaped’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eh₂nos‘ring’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ānos‘ring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEānus‘ring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEānulus‘ring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEānulāris‘ring-shaped’
- Englishearliest quotation 1963annular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eh₂nos‘ring’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ānos‘ring’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEānus‘ring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEānulus‘ring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEānulāris‘ring-shaped’
- Englishearliest quotation 1963annular
Earliest quotation: 1963, Roy L. Clough, Jr.: “If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos ‘ring’
through Latin ānus ‘ring’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos / annular