■ noun ( plural anniversaries ) the date on which an event took place in a previous year or in the past.
Origin
ME: from L. anniversarius 'returning yearly', from annus 'year' + versus 'turning'.
■ noun ( plural anniversaries ) the date on which an event took place in a previous year or in the past.
Origin
ME: from L. anniversarius 'returning yearly', from annus 'year' + versus 'turning'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004