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From Latin annus (year). Structures time-related vocabulary — annual (yearly), annals (yearly records), annuity (yearly payment), perennial (through the years/lasting). Number prefixes multiply the years: biennial (every two years), centennial (hundred years), millennium (thousand years). Superannuated means 'beyond one's years'.
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annals
A year-by-year historical record
annual
Happening once every year; a yearly publication
annually
Once every year
annuity
A fixed sum paid regularly as income or pension
biennial
Occurring every two years; a plant with a two-year life cycle
centennial
A hundredth anniversary; relating to or occurring every hundred years
millennia
Plural of millennium; thousands of years
millennium
A period of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
perennial
Lasting or recurring over a long time; a plant living more than two years
superannuated
Too old to be useful; retired or discarded due to age