a 1 n 1 c 3 i 1 e 1 n 1 t 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
noun a very old person
adjective very old
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