Where does “foreanent” come from?
foreanent (Scots) comes from Scots anent, from Middle English anent, from Old English onemn, from Old English enm, from Translingual en, from English ethylenediamine, from English diamine, from English amine.
foreanent (Scots): over against, opposite to; on the opposite side
Definitions
- over against, opposite to; on the opposite side
Ancestry of “foreanent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Scots | anent | in a line with, on a level with, alongside of;... |
| 2 | Middle English | anent | — |
| 3 | Old English | onemn | by; near |
| 4 | Old English | enm | — |
| 5 | Translingual | en | — |
| 6 | English | ethylenediamine | The diamine NH-CH-CH-NH that is used in organic... |
| 7 | English | diamine | Any compound containing two amino functional... |
| 8 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 9 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 10 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 11 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 12 | Middle French | -é | — |
| 13 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 14 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |