ahan

French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar[1]. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɑ̃/
  • (file)

Noun

ahan m (plural ahans)

  1. pain due to manual labour
  2. groan

See also

References

  1. ahan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *afannō, of unknown origin. Indirectly attested by the Old French ahaner and the Old Occitan afanar[1]. Since afannō is a verb ahan is likely a deverbal of ahaner, although ahan is attested first.

Noun

ahan m (oblique plural ahans, nominative singular ahans, nominative plural ahan)

  1. pain; torment; suffering

Descendants

References

  1. ahan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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