Etymology

annuity

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Today it means: A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries. Full definition →

French annuité ← Medieval Latin annuitās ← Latin annuus
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  1. Latin · derived fromannuus“annual”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromannuitās
  3. French · derived fromannuité
  4. English todayannuity

From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). Cf. annuality.

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