Where does “antan” come from?

antan (French) comes from Proto-Mongolic altan, from Proto-Turkic altun — gold.

antan (French): last year; yesteryear, the old days, yore

Definitions

  1. last year; yesteryear, the old days, yore

Ancestry of “antan”, step by step

antan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mongolic altan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolicaltangold
2Proto-Turkicaltungold

via Latin ante annum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinante annumbefore year

Words derived from “antan

Every word from Proto-Turkic altun