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ancient

/ˈeɪntʃənt/AYN-chuhnt
/ˈeɪntʃənt/AYN-chuhnt

Meaningbefore

Common meaning: very old

Journey through time

  1. Latinante‘before’source
  2. Late Latinmeaning shiftsbefore → oldantianus‘old’source
  3. Old Frenchancien‘old’source
  4. Middle Englishauncyen‘old’source
  5. Englishancient‘very old’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin ante ‘before’.

Source words

  • ante Latin · source word “before”

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