Reconstruction:Latin/antianus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From ante (“before”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

*antiānus (feminine *antiāna, neuter *antiānum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. former

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: ancian
• Old French: anciien [ca. 1050] (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan: ancian [ca. 1160–1200] (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted:
  • Italian: anziano [1260–1]
  • Medieval Latin: anciānus [ca. 1230]
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ançião [ca. 1252–84] (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: anciano [ca. 1265] (see there for further descendants)