anno

Year in Latin

Anno is Latin for "year," appearing in English phrases and abbreviations.

Anno Domini (A.D.) means "in the year of our Lord," dating years from the birth of Christ.

Anno appears in formal or historical contexts: anno regni (in the year of the reign), anno mundi (in the year of the world).

The word is rarely used outside such fixed phrases.

chronology

calendar

Date-tracking system

  • epochDistinct historical period
  • eraDistinct historical period
  • ageDuration of existence

period · eon · decade · century · millennium · date · season · quarter · semester · trimester

history

archive

Stored historical records

legacy · monument · relic · ruins · antiquity · chronicle · manuscript · inscription · archaeology · medieval

annotation

notation

System of written symbols

gloss · scholarly · manuscript · marginalia · scribe · reference · note · abbreviation · scholarly · textual

Opposites
era designation

annoBC

Pre-Christian year marker

BCE · B.C. · before Christ · B.C.E.

temporal reference

annodies

Stops being alive

hora · momentum

Phrases
Family

annual, annually, annuity, anniversary, annals, per annum, biannual, semiannual, superannuated

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