Etymology

biennium

bi·enn·i·um
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Today it means: A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations. Full definition →

Latin biennium
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  1. Latin · borrowed frombiennium
  2. English todaybiennium

From Latin biennium, from biennis (“2-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns), from bi- (“two”) + annus (“year”), q.v.

Words from the same roots

Latinbiennium all →

biennary

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