Where does “anis” come from?

anis (French) comes from Old French anis, from Latin anisum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον, from Egyptian jnst — an edible plant, possibly anise, used...

anis (French): anise

Definitions

  1. anise

Ancestry of “anis”, step by step

anis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French anis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchanis—
2Latinanisumanise
3Ancient GreekἄνισονAlternative form of ἄννησον; aniseed
4Egyptianjnstan edible plant, possibly anise, used...

via Latin anīsum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanīsumanise
2Ancient Greekἄννησονanise

Words derived from “anis”

Every word from Egyptian jnst →