aunte

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte, from Old French ante, from Latin amita.

Noun

aunte (plural auntes)

1. aunt (sister of one's parents)
   • Circa 1350, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale

     The senatores wife her aunte was

Descendants

• English: aunt
• Scots: aunt

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Old French

Noun

aunte oblique singular, f (oblique plural auntes, nominative singular aunte, nominative plural auntes)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ante