Etymology

yearlong

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Today it means: Lasting one year; of a timespan of one year. Full definition →

English year ← Middle English yeer ← Old English ġēar
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yóh₁r̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*jērą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*jār
  5. Old Englishġēar
  6. Middle Englishyeer
  7. Englishyear
  8. English todayyearlong

From year + -long.

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