anisum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈniː.sum/, [äˈniːs̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈni.sum/, [äˈniːs̬um]

Noun

anīsum n (genitive anīsī); second declension

1. anise

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anīsum	anīsa
Genitive	anīsī	anīsōrum
Dative	anīsō	anīsīs
Accusative	anīsum	anīsa
Ablative	anīsō	anīsīs
Vocative	anīsum	anīsa

Descendants

• Italian: anice
• Old French: anis
  • French: anis (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: anis
  • → Middle Dutch: anis
    • Dutch: anijs
      • Afrikaans: anys
      • → Indonesian: anis
      • → Sranan Tongo: aneisi
  • → Middle English: anys
    • English: anise
    • Scots: anis (obsolete)
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: anís
  • Occitan: anís
• Sardinian: anis

Borrowings

• → Danish: anis
• → Finnish: anis
• → Hungarian: ánizs
• → Irish: ainís
• → Japanese: アニス (anisu)
• → Macedonian: анис (anis)
• → Middle High German: anīs
  • → Old Czech: anýž
    • Czech: anýz
    • → Old Polish: anyż
      • Polish: anyż
  • German: Aneis, Anis
    • → Slovene: janež
  • Luxembourgish: Anäis
• → Norwegian: anis
• → Russian: анис (anis)
• → Serbo-Croatian: anis / анис
• → Swedish: anis
• → Tatar: анис (anis), әнис (änis)

References

• “anisum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anisum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• animus