## AI Etymology
Bicentenary comes from Latin bi- ('two') + centenary, from Latin centēnārius ('relating to a hundred'), from centum ('hundred'). The historical trail runs through bi- in Latin and centum in Latin. Morphologically, bicentenary is transparent: it draws on Latin bi- ('two') + centenary, from Latin centēnārius ('relating to a hundred'), from centum ('hundred'). Used as a noun and adjective, bicentenary now means "a two-hundredth anniversary", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as centenary, bicentennial, and centennial. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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