antain
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#ANTAINCategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#ANTAIN amita (see the nominative form ante), combined with Vulgar LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ANTAINCategory:Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ANTAIN *amitāna.
Noun
antain oblique singular, f (oblique plural antainz, nominative singular ante, nominative plural antainz)Category:Old French lemmas#ANTAINCategory:Old French nouns#ANTAINCategory:Old French feminine nouns#ANTAINCategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#ANTAINCategory:Old French feminine nouns#ANTAINCategory:Pages with entries#ANTAINCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ANTAIN
- aunt (sister of one's parents) Category:fro:Family#ANTAIN
- c. 1250, Marie de France, Fraisne:
- Se vostre ante s'aparceveitCategory:Old French terms with quotations#ANTAIN
mult durement li pesereit- If your aunt found out about it
it would weigh very heavily on her
- If your aunt found out about it
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Middle French: tante
- French: tante (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: tante, tànte
- → Middle English: aunte, ante, aunt, awnte, naunte
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