aunte

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte and continental Old French ante, from Latin amita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈau̯nt(ə)/, /ˈant(ə)/

Noun

aunte (plural auntes)

  1. aunt (sister of one's parents)
    Synonym: (early) moddrie

Descendants

  • English: aunt (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: aunt

References

Old French

Noun

aunte oblique singular, f (oblique plural auntes, nominative singular aunte, nominative plural auntes)

  1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ante
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