antain

Old French

Alternative forms

• aunte (Anglo-Norman)

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

• oncle
• niés, neveu
• niece

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