ancien
Norman
adj
Definitions
- (Jersey) ancient
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ancien (old) derived from Latin *anteanus, ante (before, in front of, in front, forward, preposition and prefix, beforehand, in advance).
Origin
Latin
ante
Gloss
before, in front of, in front, forward, preposition and prefix, beforehand, in advance
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- a.m. English
- ante English
- ante litteram English
- ante- English
- antependium English
- anterior English
- antroversion English
- *antaneus Latin
- *anteanus Latin
- *antius Latin
- ante Latin
- vertere Latin
- ante Italian
- ante litteram Italian
- anti- Italian
- anziano Italian
- avanti Italian
- ancien French
- anciano Spanish, Castilian
- ante Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- perante Portuguese
- auncyen Middle English
- ancien Old French
- antaŭ Esperanto
- diante Galician
- perante Galician
- ancienneté Norman
- ancien Middle French
- antes Old Portuguese
- entẽado Old Portuguese
- ancian Occitan
- ante Asturian
- antes Old Spanish
- antura Sicilian
- tannu Sicilian