Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*yóh₁r̥
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥, most common first.
- yearA period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.
- hourA unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
- HerculesA Hercules beetle.
- leap yearA year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.