Where does “anent” come from?
Anent derives from Middle English anent, from Old English onemn, from Old English on, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-.
anent (English): Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to,...
Definitions
- Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to,...
Ancestry of “anent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | anent | — |
| 2 | Old English | onemn | by; near |
| 3 | Old English | enm | — |
| 4 | Translingual | en | — |
| 5 | English | ethylenediamine | The diamine NH-CH-CH-NH that is used in organic... |
| 6 | English | diamine | Any compound containing two amino functional... |
| 7 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 8 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 9 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 10 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 11 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 12 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 13 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |