Where does “anent” come from?
anent (Scots) comes from Middle English anent, from Old English onemn, from Old English enm, from Translingual en, from English ethylenediamine, from English diamine, from English amine, from English -ine.
anent (Scots): in a line with, on a level with, alongside of;...
Definitions
- in a line with, on a level with, alongside of;...
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 | — |