Meaning

noun a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

noun a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity

noun the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥der. Proto-Germanic *jērą Proto-West Germanic *jār Old English ġēar Middle English yeer English year From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, spring”). Doublet of hora and hour. Cognates…

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