Anniversary
Anniversary
Anniversary (/ænɪˈvɜːrsəri/; from Latin anniversarius, from annus for "year" and versus, past participle of vertere to turn), is a date that is remembered or celebrated because a special or notable event occurred on that date in a previous year.
Etymology
The term "anniversary" comes from the Latin word anniversarius, which is a combination of the words annus (year) and versus (turning). This term was first used in English in the 13th century.
Related Terms
- Birthday: The anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts.
- Jubilee: A special anniversary of an event, especially one celebrating twenty-five or fifty years of a reign or activity.
- Centenary: The hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
- Sesquicentennial: The one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of a significant event.
- Bicentennial: The two-hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
- Tercentenary: The three-hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
- Quincentenary: The five-hundredth anniversary of a significant event.
- Millennium: The thousandth anniversary of a significant event.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Anniversary
- Wikipedia's article - Anniversary
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