{"id":1861,"date":"2022-04-09T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2022-04-09T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:15:21","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Anniversary\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-04-09T13:26:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word anniversary, as it happens to be my birthday, or the anniversary of my birth, and anniversary is etymologically more interesting than birthday.\n\n\n\nAn anniversary [\u02cc\u00e6n\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s(\u0259)\u0279i \/ \u02cc\u00e6n\u0259\u02c8v\u025ds(\u0259)\u0279i] is:\n\n ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6453\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1861-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1861-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"anniversary.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word <strong>anniversary<\/strong>, as it happens to be my birthday, or the anniversary of my birth, and anniversary is etymologically more interesting than birthday.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/7972182638\/in\/album-72157631501806748\/\" title=\"Thames Festival fireworks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8041\/7972182638_99044f11ba_z.jpg\" alt=\"Thames Festival fireworks\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An <strong>anniversary<\/strong> [\u02cc\u00e6n\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s(\u0259)\u0279i \/ \u02cc\u00e6n\u0259\u02c8v\u025ds(\u0259)\u0279i] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event.<\/li>\n<li>the celebration or commemoration of such a date.<\/li>\n<li>returning or recurring each year; annual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Medieval Latin <em>annivers\u0101ria (di\u0113s) \/ annivers\u0101rium<\/em>, from the Latin <em>annivers\u0101rius<\/em> (annual, yearly), from <em>annus<\/em> (year, time, season), and <em>vertere<\/em> (to turn), so an anniversary marks the turning of the year or more poetically, a trip round the sun [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/anniversary#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The origins of the word <em>annus<\/em> are uncertain, but we know that <em>vertere<\/em> comes from <em>vert\u014d<\/em> (I turn, revolve), from the Proto-Italic <em>*wert\u014d<\/em> (turn), from the PIE <em>*w\u00e9rtti<\/em> (to be turning around), from <em>*wert-<\/em> (to turn, rotate). [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/vertere#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same root include <strong>worth<\/strong>, <strong>versus<\/strong>, <strong>vertigo<\/strong> and <strong>vortex<\/strong> in English, <strong>worden<\/strong> [\u02c8\u028b\u0254rd\u0259(n)] (to become, get, grow, turn) in Dutch, <strong>werden<\/strong> [\u02c8ve\u02d0rd\u0259n] (will, to be going) in German and <strong>verter<\/strong> [be\u027e\u02c8te\u027e] (to pour, spill, shed) in Spanish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European\/w%C3%A9rtti\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U-VaDfLrojY\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-VaDfLrojY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> [afflilate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Anniversary\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-04-09T13:26:01+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word anniversary, as it happens to be my birthday, or the anniversary of my birth, and anniversary is etymologically more interesting than birthday.\n\n\n\nAn anniversary [\u02cc\u00e6n\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s(\u0259)\u0279i \/ \u02cc\u00e6n\u0259\u02c8v\u025ds(\u0259)\u0279i] is:\n\n ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6454\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1861-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1861-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/anniversary.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"anniversary.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word anniversary, as it happens to be my birthday, or the anniversary of my birth, and anniversary is etymologically more interesting than birthday. An anniversary [\u02cc\u00e6n\u026a\u02c8v\u025c\u02d0s(\u0259)\u0279i \/ \u02cc\u00e6n\u0259\u02c8v\u025ds(\u0259)\u0279i] is: the yearly recurrence of the date of a past event. the celebration or commemoration of such a date. 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