anciien
Old French
Alternative forms
- anchiien, anchien (Normano-Picard)
- ancien
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Documented in the Alexis.[1]
Pronunciation
- (classical) IPA(key): /ant͡siˈjen/, (Normano-Picard) /-t͡ʃ-/
Adjective
anciien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular anciiene)
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle French: ancien
- French: ancien
- Norman: ancien
- → Galician: ancián, anciao
- → Middle English: auncyen
- English: ancient
- → Sicilian: anzianu
- → Maltese: anzjan
- → Spanish: anciano
References
- “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.