Where does “ânonnement” come from?
ânonnement (French) comes from French ânonner, from French ânon, from French âne, from Middle French asne, from Old French asne, from Latin asinus, from Latin acinus, from Latin acies — sharp.
ânonnement (French): stumbling; droning, reading aloud in a drone
Definitions
- stumbling; droning, reading aloud in a drone
Ancestry of “ânonnement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ânonner | to stumble through; to drone on, to recite... |
| 2 | French | ânon | young donkey, donkey foal |
| 3 | French | âne | donkey, ass; idiot, moron; dunce |
| 4 | Middle French | asne | donkey; ass |
| 5 | Old French | asne | donkey; ass |
| 6 | Latin | asinus | a donkey, an ass; an ass, an idiot, a dolt, a... |
| 7 | Latin | acinus | a berry, especially the grape; the seed of a... |
| 8 | Latin | acies | sharp edge or point; battle line; battle,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |