anciien

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

anchiien, anchien (Normano-Picard)
ancien

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Documented in the Alexis.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

(classical) IPA^(key): /ant͡siˈjen/, (Normano-Picard) /-t͡ʃ-/

Adjective[edit]

anciien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular anciiene)

former, ancient

Related terms[edit]

ainz

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.

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