Grow your vocabulary with Frater
(Last updated 2024-11-30) Introduction Much of Frater's vocabulary is taken from scientific terms. You can use these words to improve your scientific vocabulary in you own language. ANU "year" The Frater word ANU comes from the Latin word ANNUS meaning "year." In the original Latin, the word had two N's in it. In longer words the A changed to an E. And so you can find the word root in these English words: ANNUAL "every year." Annual plants need to be planted once every year. PERENNIAL "through the years" - Perennial plants only have to be planted once, and they come up every year after that. BIENNIAL "every two years" - don't mix this one up with: BIANNUAL "twice a year." (BI means "two" in Frater also.) CENTENNIAL "hundred years." In Frater we also have ANU DANSA, meaning "leap year," and ANU NEO, meaning "new year." AUTO "self" AUTO comes from the Greek word mean...