Almanach
German
Etymology
First attested in the 16th century. Borrowed from Middle Dutch almanag (Flanders 1426), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ML" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (1267), from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “calendar”).[1][2]
The Ibero-Arabic term is of uncertain origin. See also almanaque. Perhaps originally derived from Late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”). The term is used by Eusebius while quoting from Porphyry's Epistle to Anebo the Egyptian (Epistula ad Anebonem) in Book III, Chapter IV of his work Preparation for the Gospel (Εὐαγγελικὴ προπαρασκευή), written in the early 4th century.[3] Probably, the word is ultimately of Egyptian origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalmaˌnax/, [ˈalmaˌnaχ] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- IPA(key): /ˈalmaˌnaːx/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "also heard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Noun
Almanach m (genitive Almanachs, plural Almanache)
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References
- ^ almanak, etymologiebank.nl
- ^ Almanach, in: Wolfgang Pfeifer et al., Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (1993), digitalisierte und von Wolfgang Pfeifer überarbeitete Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- ^ Praeparatio evangelica - Book III, Chapter IV: "also the divisions into the "decani," and the horoscopes, and the so-called "mighty Rulers," the names of which are contained in the almanacks, and their powers to heal diseases, and their risings and settings, and indications of future events."