Etymology

magnus annus

Today it means: A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth. Full definition →

Latin magnus annus
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  1. Latin · borrowed frommagnus annus
  2. English todaymagnus annus

From the Latin magnus annus (literally “great year”).

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