anciien
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Documented in the Alexis.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
anciien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular anciiene)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle French: ancien
- French: ancien
- Norman: ancien
- → Galician: ancián, anciao
- → Middle English: auncyen
- English: ancient
- → Sicilian: anzianu
- → Maltese: anzjan
- → Spanish: anciano
References[edit]
- “anciien”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- ^ Etymology and history of “ancien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.