year
/jɪər/·이어·noun
a period of 365 days
Old EnglishCEFR A1
Root
Proto-Indo-European '*yer-' (year, season)
PIE *yer- → Proto-Germanic *jērą → Old English gēar → Modern year
In a word
PIE *yer-. The same root gives English year, German Jahr, and Greek hōra (season, the root of horoscope). Latin annus comes from another branch. English year stayed on its Germanic limb.
Examples
Happy New Year!
I have lived here for ten years.
The school year starts in March.
Related
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