a 1 n 1 c 3 i 1 e 1 n 1 t 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a very old person
noun a person who lived in ancient times
adjective belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
originFrom Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymological excrescent /t/ is by analogy with the common ending -ent.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- acetin 8
- anetic 8
- canine 8
- cannie 8
- centai 8
- enatic 8
- encina 8
- incant 8
- incent 8
- neanic 8
- tannic 8
- actin 7