anciien

Old French

Alternative forms

• anchiien, anchien (Normano-Picard)
• ancien

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Documented in the Alexis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

anciien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular anciiene)

1. former, ancient

Related terms

• ainz

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-.