A year is the time it takes the Earth to go around the sun once, about 365 days. People use years to measure age, time, and events on calendars.
“Year” comes from Old English “ġēar,” related to German “Jahr,” all from an ancient root meaning “season” or “year.” It originally connected to the natural cycle of the seasons.
A year is really a giant piece of space-time geometry: one full orbit around the sun. When you say “I’m 10 years old,” you’re quietly saying, “I’ve been around the sun 10 times.”
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