| rdfs:comment | - An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and tabular information often arranged according to the calendar.
- [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] (almanak), “‘almanac, calendar’”) > or < [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] المناخ (al-manāx), “‘climate’”), from Late [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] αλμενιχιακά (“‘calendar’”), probably ultimately of [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] origin. Possibly the central syllable -man- is cognate with moon and month, or else was influenced by Proto-Indo-European *mens- (“‘moon, month’”) < PIE base *me- (to measure).
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| abstract | - An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and tabular information often arranged according to the calendar.
- [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] (almanak), “‘almanac, calendar’”) > or < [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] المناخ (al-manāx), “‘climate’”), from Late [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] αλμενιχιακά (“‘calendar’”), probably ultimately of [[w:|]][[Category: derivations|Almanac]] origin. Possibly the central syllable -man- is cognate with moon and month, or else was influenced by Proto-Indo-European *mens- (“‘moon, month’”) < PIE base *me- (to measure).
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