antain

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amita (see the nominative form ante), combined with Vulgar Latin *amitāna.

Noun

antain oblique singular, f (oblique plural antainz, nominative singular ante, nominative plural antainz)

  1. aunt (sister of one's parents)
    • c. 1250, Marie de France, Fraisne:
      Se vostre ante s'aparceveit
      mult durement li pesereit
      If your aunt found out about it
      it would weigh very heavily on her

Coordinate terms

Descendants
  • → Middle English: aunte, ante, aunt, awnte, naunte
    • English: aunt (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: aunt
  • Middle French: tante
    • French: tante (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: tante, tànte
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