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Almanac

3 stages from Arabic to English.

Today it means an annual publication with calendars, weather forecasts, and other data
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Stage 1 of 3
al-manakh
Arabic · medieval
"a calendar of celestial events"
possibly referring to climate or a yearly calendar of the stars
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Stage 2 of 3
almanachus
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a yearly calendar"
adopted through Arabic astronomical texts translated in Spain
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Stage 3 of 3
almanac
English · medieval
"an annual book of tables and forecasts"
settled as the English word for an annual reference book
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