aunte
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman aunte and continental Old French ante, from Latin amita.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aunte (plural auntes)
- aunt (sister of one's parents)
- Synonym: (early) moddrie
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Mannes] Tale [of Lawe]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 125, verso:
- The senatours wyf / hir Aunte was / But foꝛ al that / she knew hir neuer the mooꝛe
- The senator's wife was her aunt, / but despite that, she didn't know her at all.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “aunte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Noun edit
aunte oblique singular, f (oblique plural auntes, nominative singular aunte, nominative plural auntes)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ante